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    Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage. From its introduction during the Republic, in...
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  • Roman Republican currency is the coinage struck by the various magistrates of the Roman Republic, to be used as legal tender. In modern times, the abbreviation...
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  • Roman provincial currency was coinage minted within the Roman Empire by local civic rather than imperial authorities. These coins were often continuations...
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  • Romance languages, including the words "money" and "mint" Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper...
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    Denarius (redirect from Roman denar)
    or 1⁄48 of a Roman pound. Contact with the Greeks had prompted a need for silver coinage in addition to the bronze currency that the Romans were using at...
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    Euro (redirect from Euro currency)
    The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially...
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    Lira (redirect from Lira (currency))
    name of several former currencies, including those of Italy, Malta and Israel. The term originates from the value of a Roman pound (Latin: libra, about...
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  • A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general definition...
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    SPQR (redirect from Roman Senate and People)
    dedications of monuments and public works, and on some Roman currency. The full phrase appears in Roman political, legal, and historical literature, such as...
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    States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar...
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    Unicode currency symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of currency symbols. A currency symbol...
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  • (gold) Talent (silver, gold) Tremissis (gold) Roman currency Roman Imperial currency Roman Republican currency Ma'ah (silver) Prutah (bronze/copper) Yehud...
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    two other copper denominations, the tournesion and the follaro. Roman currency Roman finance Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991), Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium...
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    principal copper coin in Roman currency, was also divided into 12 unciae. Again, the abacus was ideally suited for counting currency. The first column was...
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    'imperial minting ordinances' defining a uniform currency standard for the states of the Holy Roman Empire. Below is a history (in terms of grams of silver)...
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    nickel in the coin is reduced. In Roman currency, the value of the denarius was gradually decreased over time as the Roman government altered both the size...
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    abacus. The abacus, which used Roman numerals, was ideally suited to the counting of Roman currency and tallying of Roman measures.[citation needed] The...
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    British pre-decimal (duodecimal) currency system, the term £sd (or Lsd) for pounds, shillings and pence referred to the Roman libra, solidus, and denarius...
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  • timeline of Roman history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Roman Kingdom and Republic and the Roman and Byzantine...
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    [citation needed] Upon his accession, Julianus immediately devalued the Roman currency by decreasing the silver purity of the denarius from 87% to 81.5%. After...
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    Marcus Aurelius (category 2nd-century Roman consuls)
    Empire. He reduced the silver purity of the Roman currency, the denarius. The persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire appears to have increased during...
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  • the pegged (fixed exchange rate) currencies, there are only 130 currencies that are independent or pegged to a currency basket. Dependencies and unrecognized...
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  • The currency sign ¤ is a character used to denote an unspecified currency. It can be described as a circle the size of a lowercase character with four...
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    was a Roman currency worth one twelfth of an as. By derivation, it was also the name of a bronze coin valued at 1⁄12 of an as made during the Roman Republic...
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  • a local currency is a currency that can be spent in a particular geographical locality at participating organisations. A regional currency is a form...
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    Domitian (category 1st-century Roman emperors)
    greater part of Domitian's reign. Upon his accession he revalued the Roman currency dramatically. He increased the silver purity of the denarius from 90%...
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    name dinar derives from the Roman denarius. As of December 2021, the Bahraini dinar is the second highest-valued currency unit, at 2.65 United States...
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    Didius Julianus (category 2nd-century Roman emperors)
    Julianus immediately reversed Pertinax's monetary reforms by devaluing the Roman currency. Pertinax had increased the silver content of the denarius to 87%, whereas...
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    Coinage reform of Augustus (category 20s BC in the Roman Empire)
    The coinage reform of Augustus refers to the reform of Roman currency undertaken by Augustus in 23 BC. Augustus brought the minting of gold and silver...
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    A reserve currency is a foreign currency that is held in significant quantities by central banks or other monetary authorities as part of their foreign...
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