[Jewelry making - Article 00137] - Re: [Orchid] DWT not PWT

[Gary Bourbonais]

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Hi Ian.....

    Among the things other than stones that I fool around with....Are
    Roman coins... 

    The denarius, at least as I've seen it come through, is usually a
    silver coin... There seems to be some agruement as to exactly how the
    Roman monetary system(s) worked, but in many periods at least, there
    also bronze coins, which most folks figure are a lower
    denomination.... 

    Someswheres I saw a conjecture that a denarius was a day's pay for a
    legionnaire, and that would feed one a basic diet for a week... 

    Oh yeah....when I say silver....that's a relative term....... Like
    most governmental agencies, Rome debased it's precious metal coinage
    alloys to some extent or another at given points in time..... 

    Another ref I've seen is that Nero was the first one to really get
    that act going as part of officialdom... 

    Among other interesting antics.... 

Gary W. Bourbonais
A.J.P. (GIA)
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