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I think they had different names for what they were made out of. A couple that sound famaliar are the aureus, and danarius, and aes.
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The basic unit of currency in Ancient Rome was the bronze coin called an as. A sestertius, another bronze coin, was worth four asses. A silver coin, the denarius, was worth 16 asses. There was also a gold coin in circulation, the aureus which had a fixed value of 25 denarii. At the time of the Emperor Hadrian a Roman Soldier would be paid over two hundred denarii a year. A small sack of wheat cost half a denarius during Emperor Hadrian's reign. Source: http://www.hadrians.com/rome/romans/sources/roman_money.html
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1 uncia bronze/brass 2 unciae = 1 sextans bronze/brass 3 unciae = 1 quadrans bronze/brass 2 quadrantes = 1 semis bronze/brass 6 sextantes = 1 as bronze/brass 4 quadrantes = 1 as bronze/brass 2 semisses = 1 as bronze/brass 2 asses = 1 Dupondius brass 2 Dupondii = 1 Sestertius brass 4 Sestertii = 1 Denarius silver 2 Denarii = 1 Antonianus silver introduced by Caracalla 2 Denarii = 1 Follis bronze introduced by Diocletian instead of the Antonianus 25 Denarii = 1 Aureus gold 60 Aurei = 1 Roman pound of gold (326 gram) = 1 Siliqua silver introduced by Anastasius 24 Siliquae = 1 Solidus (bezant) gold introduced by Constantine 72 Solidi = 1 Roman pound of gold (326 gram)
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