Libra

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Et preter hoc tenet 3 acras pro libra cimini.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

The lead which liquates from these cakes weighs seven centumpondia, in each centumpondium of which there is a quarter of a libra of silver and a little more than a sicilicus.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The gold solidus of the German system originally weighed less than the Frankish, which was 72 to the libra, while the German was 80 to the libra.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

The eighth method consists of heating together one libra of the copper, one and a half librae of sulphur, half a libra of verdigris, and a libra of refined salt.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Under the Goths the monetary basis was the Roman libra, subdivided thus— 1 libra = 8 onzas = 4608 grs.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur