Granottino

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Granottino was a unit of mass for gold and silver . The coin weight was valid in Piedmont and was the smallest measure in the Libbra's dimensional chain.

  • 1 Granottino = 1/500 gram

The dimensional chain was

  • 1 Libbra = 1 ½ Marco = 12 Oncia = 96 Ottavo = 288 Denaro = 6912 Grano = 165,888 Granottini

Some individual values:

  • 24 granottini = 1 grano
  • 56 granottini = 1 denarius
  • 110,592 Granottini = 1 marca

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 115.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Henry Alexander: Universal dictionary of weights and measures, ancient and modern. WM. Minifie and Co., Baltimore 1850, p. 152.