Denarius: Difference between revisions

The value at its introduction was 10 ''[[As (Roman coin)|asses]]'', giving the ''denarius'' its name, which translates as "containing ten". In about 141 BC, it was re-tariffed at 16 ''asses'', to reflect the decrease in weight of the ''[[As (Roman coin)|as]]''. The ''denarius'' continued to be the main coin of the [[Roman Empire]] until it was replaced by the [[antoninianus]] in the early 3rd century AD. The coin was last issued, in bronze, under [[Aurelian]] between 270 and 275 AD, and in the first years of the reign of [[Diocletian]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Melville-Jones |first=John R |chapter=Denarius |title=A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins |year=1990 |publisher=Seaby |isbn=1-85264-026-X }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/aurelian/t.html |title=Aurelian, Roman Imperial Coinage reference, Thumbnail Index |publisher=Wildwinds.com |access-date=24 August 2006 |archive-date=20 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520123526/http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/aurelian/t.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear/s3272.html |title=Aurelian Æ Denarius. Rome mint. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right |publisher=Wildwinds.com |access-date=24 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612105049/http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear/s3272.html |archive-date=12 June 2006 }}</ref>

 

==Debasement and evolution==

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