Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 14 | 49 | The View more quotes about advantage">advantage, of course, lies with the stallsman. |
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Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 14 | 46 | Sometimes it is hard to tell, by eye, that a coin has been shaved. |
| 14 | 47 | Clipped coins are easy to identify but then, of course, one must bring forth the scales, and, not unoften, as well, rough silver or gold, unminted, is presented, perhaps melted droplets, or pieces cut from silver or golden vessels and goblets, which items will also require judicious determinations. |
| 14 | 48 | Negotiations and bargainings, over the scales, often grow heated. |
| 14 | 49 | The advantage, of course, lies with the stallsman. |
| 14 | 50 | Complaints may be lodged with either of the two praetors, who, interestingly, though magistrates of Ar, apparently strive to adjudicate matters to the best of their lights. |
| 14 | 51 | Their efforts not only redound to the honor of Ar, but, too, one supposes, tend to preserve the value and integrity of the market, which, in the long view, is doubtless in the best interest of the city's commerce. |
| 14 | 52 | To be sure, major transactions often take place near the walls, and outside them, in the wholesale markets. |
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Sometimes it is hard to tell, by eye, that a coin has been shaved.
Clipped coins are easy to identify but then, of course, one must bring forth the scales, and, not unoften, as well, rough silver or gold, unminted, is presented, perhaps melted droplets, or pieces cut from silver or golden vessels and goblets, which items will also require judicious determinations.
Negotiations and bargainings, over the scales, often grow heated.
The advantage, of course, lies with the stallsman.
Complaints may be lodged with either of the two praetors, who, interestingly, though magistrates of Ar, apparently strive to adjudicate matters to the best of their lights.
Their efforts not only redound to the honor of Ar, but, too, one supposes, tend to preserve the value and integrity of the market, which, in the long view, is doubtless in the best interest of the city's commerce.
To be sure, major transactions often take place near the walls, and outside them, in the wholesale markets.
- (Conspirators of Gor)