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The aureus
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A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 to 309 , equal to 25 denarii.
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The controls failed and the aureus vanished, to be succeeded by Constantine's gold solidus.
In following centuries, the aureus libellus — or "golden booklet," as many called it — continued to fascinate readers inside and outside of Germany.
His gold augustale (patterned after the aureus) and their halves, struck about 1231 at Brindisi and Messina, were accompanied by billon deniers.
It was worn as a symbol of support for the conspirators' cause, and next door to the "aureus" is a video of Royal Shakespeare Company actor Paterson Joseph holding the coin and delivering a speech by Brutus.
Diocletian sought to bring order into the economy by controlling wages and prices and by initiating a currency reform based upon a new gold piece, the aureus, struck at the rate of 60 to the pound of gold.
Augustus (27 bc ad 14) based the coinage on the aureus of 1/42 of a pound of gold, equivalent to 25 denarii, each of 1/84 of a pound of silver, the metals being struck almost pure.
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