127. Simony was not unknown in those times-and the clergy
sometimes bought what they intended to sell. It appears that
the bishopric of Carthage was purchased by a wealthy matron
named Lucilla, for her servant Majorinus. The price was 400
'Folles'. (Monument. Antiq. ad calcem Optati, p. 263.) Every
'Follis' contained 125 pieces of silver, and the whole sum
may be computed at about �2400.