Treasures in the Ancient World

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Treasure	Date	Gold in tons	Silver in tons	Total in tons of gold^b
1. Tribute received by Athens^c	432 B.C.		11–17	.86–1.3
2. Tax imposed by Julius Caesar on Gaul^d	51 B.C.		35	2.7
3. Herod’s bequest to Augustus Caesar^e	4 B.C.		43	3.3
4. Augustus’s tax on Sicily^f	36 B.C.		45	3.4
5. Dictator Sulla’s confiscations from his enemies^g	81 B.C.		112	8.6
6. Wealth of Perseus, king of Macedonia^h	168 B.C.		171	13.0
7. Annual income of Roman stateⁱ	80 B.C.		172	13.0
8. Amount Ptolemy I found in Egyptian treasury^j	323 B.C.		228	18.0
9. Amount in Athens’ treasury^k	432 B.C.		277	21.0
10. Booty from Lucius Cornelius Scipio’s defeat of King Antiochus III^l	189 B.C.	21	47	25.0
11. Income of King Ptolemy Auletes of Egypt^m	58 B.C.		356	27.0
12. Copper Scroll treasuresⁿ	1st cent. A.D.	26	65	31.0
13. Annual income of Roman state^o	14 A.D.		485	37.0
14. Annual income of Persian kings according to Herodotus^p	490 B.C.	10	371	39.0
15. Booty from Julius Caesar’s triumph over the Gauls^q	46 B.C.	7	1,493	122.0
16. Amount in Delphi’s treasury^r	347 B.C.		1,653	127.0
17. Roman treasury at death of Antoninus Pius^s	161 A.D.		1,890	140.0
18. Roman treasury at death of Tiberius I^t	37 A.D.		2,900	223.0
19. Treasure found by Alexander the Great at Persepolis and Susa^u	331 B.C.	485	4,561	836.0