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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Greek silver coin, weighing on the average something over 193 grains, first issued by the kings of Pergamum, probably in the second century
b. c. , for circulation in their dominions in western Asia Minor.
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Are the quæstors, pray, still hesitating on the _cistophorus_ question? [
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero
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