Hiere  ia  raeDtim  made  of  the  ^ovf,  a  coin  ao  called
from  tba  stanm  of  an  ox  with  wtuch  it  waa  iiifaassad,
Kputod  aqnal  Is  ^  dft^pm^HW,  and  caaaad  of  ^old
and  ailver.  Tbia  waa  pwhapa  one  of  the  moat  —cut
Greek  coins,  being  known  to  Homer,  if  we  credit  iha
loethnony  of  Julioa  PoUax,  and  to  it  that  immonal
baid  is  SBpposed  to  allude  when  he  ainga  of  Glaocoa
chaDging  nia  golden  armour,  worth  100  ^ot^,  for  iba
braxenoocof  Diomede.  Ute  rcrpd^imiMV,  cr  eilvai
9W/r^  appeara  to  have  been  tbe  coin  moal  geocf^
in  oae  amtrng  the  Greeka,  Livy  infimaa  oa,  that  b»-
tween  tba  yaara  MM  and  M6  A.U.C.  lb«a  wen
broi^t  to  Rome  by  M.  Fnlvioa  119,000,  by  M.  Acil-
ina  118,000,  by  L.  A.  Regillua  84,700.  and  by  Scipio
Aaiaticns  33,400  Tcrpddpaxfia.  So  many  apecimeoa
of  them  remain,  that  they  arc  to  be  found  at  tbe  pres-
ent day  in  abnoat  every  collection.  LatruuM  having
accoately  examined  600  of  them,  and  ananged  tbaa
accoidiDg  to  Ihe  cantnrira  in  which  ikij  wen  atnck,
deduced  tbe  mean  weigfat  of  the  dd  Auie  ipaxfi,
eoined  two  centuriaa  and  mora  B.C.,  =49^  Pil.
