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Message:: [QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2321724, member: 75525"]more than you wanted, but my understanding of RR monetary values: 700 BC to 300 BC (not an exact time line)The early Romans were primarily subsistence farmers. They did not have significant wealth in the form of gold or silver and made transactions by barter. Early fines were recorded in cows and sheep. In the fifth century, fines were converted to bronze asses. 1 Cow = 100 Asses1 Sheep = 10 Asses1 As = 1 Roman pound of bronze, or1 As = 330 grams = 11.6 ounces 300 BC to 220 BC, ignoring silver coin issuesAES Grave, or cast bronze coins. They were based on an As of one Roman pound of bronze. During this time the weight of the As dropped by a factor of 10. There were multiples and fractions: X = Decussis = 10 AssesV = Quincussis = 5 AssesIII = Tressis = 3 AssesII = Dupindius = 2 AssesI = As = 12 unciae = 300 oz. bronzeS = Semis = 6 unciae4 dots = Triens = 4 unciae3 dots = Quadrans = 3 unciae2 dots = Sextans = 2 unciae1 dot = UnciaSigma = Semiuncia, or less than uncia 211 BC to 140 BC, in about 211 BC Rome introduced a new silver coin the denarius. It had a mark of value of X. There were two fractions of the denarius. They kept the bronze coins from As to Semiuncia.X = Denarius = 10 AssesV = Quinarius = 5 AssesIIS = Sestertius = 2.5 Asses 140 to 30 BC, in 140 BC the denarius was revalued to 16 asses.[/QUOTE]