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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1632911, member: 42773&quot;]So let&#039;s say I do some grocery shopping in Rome somewhere around the year 300, and let&#039;s pretend that the price controls of Diocletian <i>et al</i> are in place. Here&#039;s what I buy and the cost in Denarii...</p><p><br /></p><p>1 Modius wheat 100</p><p>1 Modius lentils 100</p><p>2 Sextarii aged wine 48</p><p>1 Sextarius olive oil 40</p><p>1 Italian pound of beef 8</p><p>1 Brace chickens 60</p><p>25 Oysters 25</p><p><br /></p><p>Total: 381 denarii (round to 380)</p><p><br /></p><p>If I got all those supplies in one place, perhaps I would have paid with the following denominations: 3 Argenteus (worth 100 denarii apiece), 3 Nummus (worth 25 denarii apiece), and 1 Radiate (worth 5 denarii).</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems odd to me that there wasn&#039;t a denomination to bridge the gap between the Solidus and Argenteus in the Diocletian values.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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