Abucco
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Abucco
In Pegu, Burma, the abucco (plural abucci) was a unit of mass used for gold and silver. It was approximately 196.44 grams or 6.316 troy ounces.[1]
Other units of mass were:
- biza = 4 agiros
- agiro = 2 abucci
- abacco = 12½ teccalis
References
- ^ Kisch, Bruno (1965). Scales and Weights. Original from the University of California: Yale University Press. p. 237. http://books.google.com/books?id=Odi4AAAAIAAJ&q=abucco+gold+silver&dq=abucco+gold+silver&client=firefox-a&pgis=1.
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