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pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 5:02 pm Can anyone tell me where you can find weights for Litra and the various denominations? Can't seem to find them anywhere. I have yet to receive a coin that I bought. The reference shows it to be from Kamarion Sicily. The reference given is for a Litra which weighs in at around .7 g on wildwinds and acsearch. The coin in the post weighs around 1.37g which seems substantially different. Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 5:44 pm According to Sear the silver Sicilian Litra weighs slightly more than and obol (0.72 grams) at 0.86 grams. The weight of your coin is more closer to a Diobol which weighs 1.43 grams. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 6:31 pm Thanks. I will just have to wait until it gets here and I can have a proper look. Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 6:34 pm This page on ancient coin denominations is one of the best and most concise summaries I've seen. Worth bookmarking. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 6:42 pm Excellent TIF, just what I was looking for. Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/20/2014 8:44 pm If you want a more detailed understanding - unfortunately (mostly) in German: http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/RE:Litra In a nutshell: The Litra was a Greek weight equal (in name) to the Roman Libra. The Sicilian copper Litra was 1/3 of the Roman Libra, ie ~109g, and there are old copper coins weighting a (fraction of a) Sicilian copper Litra. The silver Litra derived it's name from it and works out to be at a ratio of ~125:1, ie the silver Litra is more or less 0.868g. There is a relationship to the corinthian Stater (which circulated for quite a while in Sicily) with the silver Litra being 1/10 of that, ie 0.857g. The author quoted in the article disputes the some times brought argument for an older silver Litra at a weight standard of 1.164g. Ancient measures and weights are a lot of fun. Report this Post to the Staff
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