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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3757861, member: 75525&quot;]I am not an expert, but I have read a bit. I think the older cast bronze pieces came from a time when the Roman economy (especially the rural farms around the cities) had not monetized. Money was used as a store of wealth, a way to pay taxes, something to make offerings to their gods, to allow trade, pay mercenary armies, etc. They did not take an aes rude to market to buy a loaf of bread or a dozen eggs. Rome started paying soldiers because some were loosing their farms / land when fighting for Rome. Livey stated soldiers at Veii in 400 BC were paid with cast copper because coined money had not been introduced.</p><p>I do not have a good source for the 3 As per day pay rate, but I have read it in several places. Doug&#039;s 10.9 gram aes rude is 10.9 / 980 = about 1% of a day&#039;s pay. A good smithy could turn it into a couple of nails. </p><p><a href="http://www.leaderhome.com/nails.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.leaderhome.com/nails.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.leaderhome.com/nails.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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