Greek Standards
Attic (Corinthian) "Sicilian" "Punic" Achaean
AR weight obol onkia
(g) units units
43.00 dekadrachm 60 600
17.20 tetradrachm 24 240
8.60 didrachm (stater) 12 120 10 litrai shekel
8.00 stater (nomos, 3 drachm)
4.30 drachm 6 60 5 litrai
2.85 tetrobol (drachm) 4 40
2.67 drachm
2.58 3.6 36 trilitron
2.15 triobol/hemidrachm 3 30 1/4 shekel
1.72 2.4 24 dilitron
1.43 diobol 2 20
1.07 trihemiobol 1.5 15
0.86 1.2 12 litra
0.72 obol 1 10 dekonkion
0.54 tritartemorion 0.75 7.5 1/16 shekel
0.44 obol
0.43 0.6 6 hemilitron
0.36 hemiobol 0.5 5 pentonkion
0.29 0.4 4 trias
0.27 trihemitartemorion 0.375 3.75
0.22 0.3 3 tetras
0.18 tetartemorion 0.25 2.5
0.14 0.2 2 hexas
0.09 hemitartemorion 0.125 1.25
0.07 0.1 1 onkia
Roman Republican Aes Grave Coinage Struck Coinage "Denarius" coinage
Ar weight unciae time (BC)
289-245 269-240 240-225 225-216 217-213 217-215 211-207
grammes
225-212
A stater A 60-as
A half stater A 20-as
280-212
8.60 258 AR didrachm (quadrigatus 225-212)
280-212
4.30 129 AR drachm (half quadrigatus 225-212)
4.00 decussis 120 1106-652 AR denarius
? ? AR victorianus
2.00 60 AR quinarius
? ? AR half victorianus
275-226
1.72 double litra
tressis 36 860 313-208
30 AR sestertius
270-226
0.86 litra
0.80 dupondius 24 575 221-134 dupondius
234-231
0.43 half litra
0.40 as 12 324 268 268 132 133- 41 as
dextans, nummus 10
0.20 semis 6 162 134 134 73 61- 22 semis
quincunx 5
0.13 quatrunx, triens 4 108 90 89 53 38- 20 triens triens
0.10 terunx, quadrans 3 81 67 67 36 30- 25 quadrans quadrans
0.07 biunx, sextans 2 54 44 45 sextans sextans
0.03 uncia 1 27 22 22 uncia uncia
0.02 semuncia 0.5 17 semuncia semuncia
0.01 quartuncia
unx = uncia = oncia