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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3212248, member: 74968&quot;]Thanks [USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] I did not realize that the aurei were also debased.</p><p><br /></p><p>In &quot;Debasement and the decline of Rome&quot; Kevin Butcher writes about the gold coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Up to the reign of nero the denarius had maintained its Republican weight and fineness and had full intrinsic value, but, thanks to the presence of a gold coinage also of full intrinsic value, this system was becoming unsustainable. nero therefore debased the denarius and reduced its weight, creating a kind of token silver coin backed up by a plentiful supply of full-bodied gold coins. roman currency was thus operating with gold as the standard of value.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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