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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2149009, member: 19463&quot;]For many years the denarius was roughly a days pay for a low ranking soldier.&nbsp; If we use today&#039;s minimum wage and allow a bit for taxes etc. a poverty level employee makes more than $20 a day.&nbsp; That number was good a few years back but I&#039;d be more inclined now to think of an aureus at $1000+ or about what you will pay for a worn out one today.&nbsp; In 68 AD a scratched up aG Nero and a mint state Otho were both worth the same in the market.&nbsp; That changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are quite a few ancient gold coins in the market today that show signs of having been once mounted for jewelry.&nbsp; See the prong marks (4 each side).&nbsp; Did Theodosius II&#039;s nose wear off in antiquity or while rubbing against some 19th century chest?&nbsp;&nbsp; I suppose that is better than being melted.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]412098[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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