![]() Table 1 shows the standard relative values of Roman coins that were current in the empire for more than two centuries after the reforms of Augustus. The coin has an estimate of 750,000 Swiss francs ($755,000 U.S.) but, despite its piercing, the rarity may propel it much further. The Roman system of denominations was based on the silver denarius, or denarius argenteus. ![]() The coin is expertly pierced just above the head of Brutus, and the British Museum has speculated that the coin was likely to have been worn by a high-ranking supporter, if not one of Caesar’s murderers themselves, although such a provenance naturally cannot be proven. AUREUS OF OTHO WITH SECURITAS (69) - REPRODUCTION OF ROMAN EMPIRE. Like the Eid Mar silver denarius, the matching gold aureus is believed to have been struck by a mobile military mint travelling with Brutus and his army as he marched from Asia Minor into Macedonia in the autumn and early summer of 42 B.C. Reproduction, in white brass, of a denarius of Vitellius with, at reverse, a Victory. This is well documented by a cast of the coin conserved at the museum (the only Eid Mar aureus in the British Museum collection, donated by King George IV in 1825, is actually a forgery). During the Roman Empire it was a large brass coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. (In 89 bc, the sestertiussestertiusThe sestertius (plural sestertii), or sesterce (plural sesterces), was an ancient Roman coin. It was first named nummus aureus (gold money), or denarius aureus, and was equal to 25 silver denarii a denarius equaled 10 bronze asses. The May auction’s EID MAR aureus example has been known since at least 1932, when it was offered to the British Museum by Oscar Ravel, but the deleterious economic effects of the Great Depression and the recent end of the gold standard in Great Britain prevented its purchase by the museum at that time. aureus, basic gold monetary unit of ancient Rome and the Roman currency - Wikipedia world. Denarius Composition The denarius was made entirely from silver for about 200 years until it became diluted with other metals (copper, bronze). This new version became known as an aureus. Later in his life, Nero issued coins that honored the memory of Claudius, who the senate had declared a god upon his death in 54. The denarius would be minted for over 200 years until Emperor Augustus changed its weight to 4 grams and its purity to 92 percent silver (48 pure gold). This gold coin was on display at the British Museum in London from 2010 to 2021. Issued after he became emperor, the silver denarius below shows a youthful Nero, before he became heavy and grew a beard. ![]()
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