Trutina
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“Trutina, a general term, including both libra, a balance, and statera, a steelyard. Payments were originally made by weighing, not by counting. Hence a balance was preserved n the temple of Saturn at Rome. The following wood-cut represents a remarkably beautiful statera, which is preserved in the museum of the Capitol at Rome. “ &mdash Smith; 1873
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William Smith, A School Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1873) 342
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