Asses

Asses
As As, n.; pl. {Asses}. [L. as. See {Ace}.] 1. A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces. [1913 Webster]

2. A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce. [1913 Webster] ||


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