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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 3078927, member: 81887&quot;][ATTACH=full]774961[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is a denarius of the Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC- 14 AD).&nbsp; Exact prices are hard to find for ancient times, but here&#039;s what I&#039;ve been able to find for the 1st century AD (most of these prices are for Jerusalem under Roman rule, and are from David Hendin&#039;s &quot;Guide to Biblical Coins&quot;):</p><p><br /></p><p>-One denarius was the baseline daily pay for a Roman soldier.&nbsp; Rabbi Hillel received just half a denarius per day.</p><p>-A denarius could buy 12 loaves of bread, or one amphora of olive oil from Galilee, or one cucumber (which raises the question of why cucumbers were so expensive)</p><p>-A full-grown ox was 100 denarii, while a calf cost 20 denarii.&nbsp; A lamb was 4 denarii.&nbsp; Five sparrows cost just 1/8 denarius, but it doesn&#039;t say what the sparrows were for.&nbsp; Pets? Food? Sacrificial offering?</p><p>-A cluster of grapes or 10 dates cost just 1/24 denarius.&nbsp; No wonder everyone in paintings of ancient times is feasting on grapes- they couldn&#039;t afford cucumbers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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