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The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards

Note 187 — Chapter VI · The Gold Unit everywhere the value of a Cow.

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Aulus Gellius, XI. 1. 2. 3; Plutarch, Poplic. 11, says a cow = 100 ὀβολοί, a sheep 10 ὀβολοί.

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