Abucco

In Pegu, Burma, the abucco (plural abucci or abuccos) 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:

1 biza = 4 agiros = 8 abucci = 100 teccalis
1 agiro = 2 abucci = 25 teccalis
1 abacco = 12+1⁄2 teccalis

See also

List of obsolete units of measurement

References

^ Kisch, Bruno (1965). Scales and Weights. Original from the University of California: Yale University Press. p. 237.

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