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Definition of Denarii

Denarii
Denarius De*na"ri*us, n.; pl. Denarii. [L. See 2d Denier.] A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the ``penny' of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.

Meaning of Denarii from wikipedia

- The denarius (Latin: [deːˈnaːriʊs]; pl.: dēnāriī, Latin: [deːˈnaːriiː]) was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War...
- noun) was a gold coin of ancient Rome originally valued at 25 pure silver denarii (sin. denarius). The aureus was regularly issued from the 1st century BC...
- abbreviation originates from the Latin currency denominations librae, solidi, and denarii. In British Isles, these were referred to as pounds, shillings, and pence...
- coins, an anticounterfeiting measure that had been tried earlier. Serrated denarii, or serrati, which featured about 20 notched chisel marks on the edge of...
- Legionary denarii is the modern name for a series of Roman silver denarius coins issued by Mark Antony in the eastern Mediterranean during the last war...
- words of Clare Rowan (2019) "The appearance of Caesar's portrait on Roman denarii in 44 BC is often seen as a revolutionary moment in Roman history..." The...
- coin. By this time, the solidus was worth 275,000 increasingly debased denarii, each denarius containing just 5% (or one twentieth) of the amount of silver...
- the Roman system was adopted. The Roman denominations librae, solidi, denarii were used (becoming known in England as £sd). Specifically, this system...
- was a coin used during the Roman Empire thought to have been valued at 2 denarii. It was initially silver, but was slowly debased to bronze with a minimal...
- During the Roman Republic, moneyers were called tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo, literally "three men for casting (and) striking bronze, silver...