The price of a thing is put in the Ablative:— agrum vēndidit sēstertium sex mīlibus , he sold the land for 6000 sesterces. Antōnius rēgna addīxit pecūniā (Phil. 7.15) , Antony sold thrones for money. logōs rīdiculōs: quis cēnā poscit (Pl. Stich. 221) , jokes: who wants them for (at the price of) a dinner? māgnō illī ea cūnctātiō stetit (Liv. 2.36) , that hesitation cost him dear. To this head is to be referred the Ablative of the Penalty (§ 353 . 1).

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