| 释义 |
‖ siglos|ˈsɪglɒs|
Pl. sigli, sigloi.
[Gr.]
a. A unit of weight (see quot. 1911). Also attrib.
b. A silver coin of ancient Persia.
1911Encycl. Brit. XIX. 871/2 The unit of weight in the East was the shekel (siglos)... Starting from the siglos as unit, they [sc. the Greeks] invented a money-mina of 50 sigli... The siglos-units..chiefly employed in Asia Minor were the following [etc.]. Ibid. 903/2 Darius chose two weights, the gold shekel of 8·4 grammes and the silver drachm of 5·58 grammes... The gold coin was called the daric, the silver the siglos. Ibid. The regal coinage is of darics..and subdivisions in gold and of sigli and subdivisions in silver. 1962R. A. G. Carson Coins 82 Both the gold darics and the silver sigloi are bean-shaped pieces with a type on obverse only and an oblong incuse on the reverse. 1962D. Harden Phoenicians xii. 166 The Persians themselves..minted their darics and sigloi primarily for use in their Greek dominions in Asia Minor. 1972Oxf. Univ. Gaz. CII. Suppl. No. 3. 46 Perhaps the most important aspect of this hoard is the inclusion of a number of worn (and countermarked) Persian sigloi. |