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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2686947, member: 51347"]OOps, [USER=76440]@Carausius[/USER] beat me to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>12 Uncia to an As, each pellet denominated as an Uncia. Hence, 6 Uncia was a Semis (Half-As), 4 Uncia was a TRIENS (third of an As), 3 Uncia was a QUADRANS (4th of an As), 2 Uncia was a Sextans (6th of an As)... shown as number of pellets on the coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>Hence, my WHY-the-Hades did they make a Quincunx (5 pellets or 5/12ths of an As)???</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dodans was 10/12ths (kinda weird), and the Dupondius was 2 As or 2 Libral POUNDS of Bronze... around 600+ Troy Ounces... or approaching a KILOGRAM as a COIN! LOL[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2686947, member: 51347"]OOps, [USER=76440]@Carausius[/USER] beat me to it. 12 Uncia to an As, each pellet denominated as an Uncia. Hence, 6 Uncia was a Semis (Half-As), 4 Uncia was a TRIENS (third of an As), 3 Uncia was a QUADRANS (4th of an As), 2 Uncia was a Sextans (6th of an As)... shown as number of pellets on the coin... Hence, my WHY-the-Hades did they make a Quincunx (5 pellets or 5/12ths of an As)??? The Dodans was 10/12ths (kinda weird), and the Dupondius was 2 As or 2 Libral POUNDS of Bronze... around 600+ Troy Ounces... or approaching a KILOGRAM as a COIN! LOL[/QUOTE]
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