GLOBULI. - Globules, or pellets, marked on ancient coins, shew their weight and value. For example . or a single globule is the sign of the uncia.
Two globules on small brass coins are the mark of the sextans in value, although it became less in weight on account of the dimunition of the coinage during the first and second Punic war. It is thus on the coins of the Aburia, Afraria, and other families.
Three globules on Roman brass denote the fourth part of the as, three quadrans being three uncia in value. They are seen on the coins of the Aburia and Domitia families.
Four globules are the mark of the triens, as on the brass of the Cornelia gens. Five globules, the quincunx. Six globules, the semis. See as and it 's parts (p. 83).