WW  callad  tlia  gold  talmi,  or  ibe  Smliun  talent
froni  iu  bemg  much  uHd  bj  the  Oreeka  of  Italy
■sd  Sicilr.  Tltii  Ultni  ii  perbapt  connected  with
ihs  nnall  ulnit  wbicb  ■•  tht  only  one  that  kxdii
in  UDmcr.  The  Italian  Omlia  divided  il  into
m  oguu,  and  afierwwdi  into  12  (Polluz,  U.  6  ;
Featut,  I.  V.  TiiMw}.  [Compaie  Numhus,  p.
81*.]


gnal  talnl  (maanum  laltntuin),  which

^   ■■ '  Ti,iwth«    "

D  villi  111

a'Roiuuu  u  altogiihet  tsit

caaea,  wban  the}-  rollow  old  Greek  wrilen.
Latin  aathaii,  lor  tlx  ulTar  Allie  talent  wa<  gn
in  compariaoD  villi  Ihii.  But  the  uaa  sf  the  tat
b;  Iha  EUauuu  u  altogether  lerr  ineinct ;  and


thej  nae  it   to  aignifj  the  old  Attic  or  Eub
Talent.
There  an  other  talent!  baRl<r  mentioned  by  ta-

100  pound!  (Xlrpw),  Vilniiiiu  (i.  -21)  otu  of
120  I  Sitidaa  (>.  n),  lleeychiui,  and  Epipbaniua
(tU  Mtmt.  a  PomL)  at  1-25  ;  Dionytiiu  of  Halieai-
nawu  (ix.  27}  one  of  125  auo,  and  Ueiychiue
three  of  16S,  400,  and  1 125  poondl  leipcctiTel]'.
When  talent!  an  mentioned  in  the  claiaical
wiilen  without  any  ipocification  of  the  itandaid,
we  muit  genenlly  Dndenland


IT  ow^  the  only  lafe  eourae  ii  to  folloi
tbeexittingcoinai  and  among  theie  (for  the  reaioni
ataled  tmder  Numiua,  p.811,  b.),  il  ii  only  the
belt  Attic  coini  that  can  be  relied  on  with  any  cri^
tainty,  altboiwh  there  are  many  other  coina  which
■flbrd  TalDahle  conlirmatary  cTideaci,  after  the
■landardi  to  which  they  belong  haie  been  fired.
