- The
denarius (Latin: [deːˈnaːriʊs]; pl.:
dēnāriī, Latin: [
deːˈnaːriiː]) was the
standard Roman silver coin from its
introduction in the
Second Punic War...
-
abbreviation originates from the
Latin currency denominations librae, solidi, and
denarii. In the
United Kingdom,
these were
referred to as pounds, shillings, and...
- 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...
- coins, an
anticounterfeiting measure that had been
tried earlier.
Serrated denarii, or serrati,
which featured about 20
notched chisel marks on the edge of...
-
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...
-
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...
- cost up to 1,500
denarii, the wage of
fifty months' labour. Diocletian's
Edict on
Maximum Prices from 301 AD
gives a
price of 125
denarii for a
pound of...
- labour.
Legionaries received 225
denarii a year (equal to 900 sestertii)
until Domitian, who
increased it to 300
denarii. In
spite of the
steady inflation...
- 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...
- 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...
