110, a 40-gram coin was made of only 85 silver. A four-gram coin was composed of 95 silver at the approximate time of A.D. The silver denarius was minted for common use during the first two centuries of the Roman Empire. That may not seem like much, but as it turns out, 3.62 in value held a lot more weight several thousand years ago. The gradual debasement of the Roman currency/coin can be tracked through the metal composition of the denarius. By today’s numbers, the quotient of silver contained in a denarius is worth about 3.62.
Our reproduction and replica Roman coins include As, Aureus, Denarius, Dupondius, Sestertius and Solidus. During Roman times, there was a period when a denarius was worth about a day’s wages. This trend continued to the end of the Empire in the West. After the reforms Roman coinage consisted mainly of the gold solidus and small bronze denominations. Ancient Hidden Hoard Reveals Amazing Roman Silver Denarii The Silver Coins of Emperor Septimius Severus The Roman Empire was the keystone of modern Western. They were still accepted as payment in Greek influenced territories, even though these regions issued their own coinage and some silver in other denominations, either called Greek Imperial or Roman provincial coins.ĭuring the third century, the denarius was replaced by the antoninianus or radiate, which was then itself replaced during the monetary reform of Diocletian which created denominations such as the argenteus (silver) and the follis (silvered bronze). Denarii are analogous to the Greek currency of drachmas, used in Camp Half-Blood. These were used from the middle of the third century BC until the middle of the third century AD. The denarius (plural: denarii) is a type of Roman currency used by Roman demigods at Camp Jupiter and the citizens of New Rome, It was also used in Ancient Rome. The Roman currency during most of the Roman Republic and the western half of the Roman Empire consisted of coins including the aureus, the denarius, the sestertius, the dupondius, and the as.