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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 7310276, member: 112342&quot;]A gold aureus equaled 25 denari, and a denarius was a day&#039;s wage for a soldier, whereas the common worker would&#039;ve gotten around 2-3 sesterces/day. So a plebian had no need/means to own gold. Since gold coins were exclusively intended for large purchases, it&#039;s like if the US government made a 10,000 dollar bill solely for the government and the top 1% to spend, while the day-to-day needs can be met with a 100 dollar bill, which means no middle class person ever needs a $10,000 bill, but the large denomination is needed for large purchases like buying mercenaries, making weapons, building warships, and other infrastructure projects. And the 10k bill/gold coin would be payed to a wealthy contractor /merchant /warlord, who then issues $100bills/denarius to his workers. So it&#039;s no surprise that even though the Romans debased silver coins to almost 0% they still issued almost pure gold coins until the collapse, although reduced in weight over the centuries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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