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ANCIENT GOLD AND SILVER COINS<br />
Weight in Name of Grams Number of<br />
Grams the Coin Country Unit Weight Coins<br />
3.499 ECU<br />
GOLD COINS<br />
FRANCE 115,472 33,000<br />
3.543 FLORIN FIRENZA 28.700 8,100<br />
3.605 DUCAT VENICE 29,200 8,100<br />
4.242 DINAR ARABIA 28,000 6,600<br />
4.548 SOLIDUS ROMA 26,196 5,760<br />
6.415 LOUIS FRANCE 115,472 18,000<br />
6.794 DOUBLOON SPAIN 27,720 4,080<br />
7.796 AUREUS ROMA 26,196 3,360<br />
7.975 SOVEREIGN ENGLAND 31,104 3,900<br />
8.333 SHEKEL HEBREW 30,000 3,600<br />
8.440 STATER GREECE 21,100 2,500<br />
8.600 PHILIP MACEDONIA 25,800 3,000<br />
16.723 EAGLE U.S.A. 31.104 1.860<br />
SILVER COINS<br />
1.428 DENARIUS GERMANY 34,265 24,000<br />
1.460 PENNY ENGLAND 31,104 21,300<br />
1.693 DENARIUS FRANCE 111,720 66,000<br />
2.179 DUCAT VENICE 29,200 13,400<br />
3.397 REAL SPAIN 27,720 8,160<br />
3.898 DENARIUS ROMA 26,196 6,720<br />
4.220 TOURNOI FRANCE 21,100 5,000<br />
4.300 DRACHMA GREECE 25,800 6.000<br />
4.670 GROAT ENGLAND 31,104 6.660<br />
6.825 HEXA BYZANTINE 25,800 3,780<br />
14.545 SHEKEL HEBREW 96,000 6,600<br />
26.730 DOLLAR U.S.A. 115,472 4.320<br />
27.176 PESO SPAIN 27,720 1.020<br />
The weight of these coins was determined by dividing the unit<br />
weights, derived from the local cubic foot or cubit, by a certain round<br />
number which probably had a certain meaning. However, in some<br />
cases, a foot or cubit from another coimtry was used. The most famous<br />
case is the Greek gold stater of 8.44« grams derived from the<br />
Celtic foot of 276.355 miMimeters. Another strange case is that of the<br />
American silver dollar which seems to have been derived from an old<br />
French cubit of 486.960 millimeters. The Spanish silver peso of<br />
27.176 grams worth eight reals is the famous piece-of-eight.
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