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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 24548246, member: 75482&quot;]The sestertius was a standard unit of account. Standards typically make sense when they become &quot;standard&quot; but the sense can be lost over time. Early on, the sestertius had been a silver coin weighing exactly one scruple (scripulum). 100 sestertii equaled one gold aureus.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a modern example of how standards &quot;stick&quot;, it was only 22 years ago (April 2001) that the American stock and commodities exchanges switched to decimal reckoning from the old Spanish standard of eighths (&quot;bits&quot;)![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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