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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 5005427, member: 115909"]So the Aureus during Caesar’s time was about 8 grams of almost pure gold and I’m wondering if anyone happens to have any price lists from that time or knowledge about how much an Aureus was worth?</p><p><br /></p><p>I read somewhere that most ordinary Roman’s probably would’ve never even seen an Aureus and would’ve used Denarii, Sestarii, and other silver and copper coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone happens to know what an Aureus could buy back then I would really appreciate it. Again I’m speaking of Caesar’s time since it would be impossible to answer a coins value over 700 years with inflation and all that. It might’ve been significantly less during Trajan’s reign than Caesar’s. Plus I know they debased them over time but Caesar’s Aureus’s had the most gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 5005427, member: 115909"]So the Aureus during Caesar’s time was about 8 grams of almost pure gold and I’m wondering if anyone happens to have any price lists from that time or knowledge about how much an Aureus was worth? I read somewhere that most ordinary Roman’s probably would’ve never even seen an Aureus and would’ve used Denarii, Sestarii, and other silver and copper coins. If anyone happens to know what an Aureus could buy back then I would really appreciate it. Again I’m speaking of Caesar’s time since it would be impossible to answer a coins value over 700 years with inflation and all that. It might’ve been significantly less during Trajan’s reign than Caesar’s. Plus I know they debased them over time but Caesar’s Aureus’s had the most gold. Thanks![/QUOTE]
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