Also 7 asse, aas. [L.] A Roman copper coin, originally weighing twelve ounces, but reduced after the first Punic war to two ounces, during the second Punic war to one, and by the Lex Papiria (B.C. 191) to half an ounce.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 463. This new brasen Asse … was stamped with a two faced Ianus.
1697. Phil. Trans., XIX. 517. A bit of Magnet of about the weight of an Aas.
1838. Arnold, Hist. Rome, I. 84. The As having been at first a full pound in weight.
