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Fragment of a loan of money in gold coin from Oxyrhynchus, of the late 5th or early 6th century AD. The surviving lines specify the sum: seven gold solidi by count, equal by weight on the public standard to 6 solidi and 1 1/4 carats, as principal.
Coins were counted by number (arithmia) but valued by weight on the public scale, so seven worn coins equalled only about six full-weight solidi plus a fraction. A carat (keration) was 1/24 of a solidus; the reference to 'your ounce' is obscure.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan of Money). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] [… ? lines lost …] χρυσοῦ ἀρίθμια ἑπτὰ εἰς δημοσίῳ ζυγῷ εὔσταθμα νομισμάτια ἓξ καὶ κεράτιον ἓν τέταρτον , τουτέστιν τὴν σὴν οὐγκίαν δημοσίῳ καὶ ἄλλο κεράτιον ἓν τέταρτον , γίνονται χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια ζ εἰς νομισμάτια ϛ καὶ κεράτια α δ εὔσταθμα δημοσίῳ ζυγῷ κεφαλαίου [… 1 line …
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