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Roman Empire - One Hundred Sesterces = One Aureus 2007There are 7 in the series:
1 - One Sesterce (One Sestertius)
2 - Two Sesterces (One Quinarius Argentus)
4 - Four Sesterces (One Denarius)
8 - Eight Sesterces (One Antoninianus)
20 - Twenty Sesterces (Five Denarii)
50 - Fifty Sesterces (One Gold Quinarii)
100 - One Hundred Sesterces (One Aureus) shown below  Front: Constantine - Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus; Roman coin; Coat of arms of SPQR; Back: "Edict of Milan"; The Arch of Constantine; Roman coin; Border walls of the Roman Empire; In Hoc Signo Vinces; Watermark: repeated pattern. mila_  Edited by Mila_cent
04/29/2008 11:22 am
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So who issued these notes?
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Very nice. Are these fantasy notes?
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Um, yes. The Roman Empire never issued paper money.  It looks like the work of a re-enactment or restoration organization like Nova Roma. However, I doubt this particular note is Nova Roma's work because I don't think the folks there are too fond of Christianity, or the Imperial period generally, so I wouldn't think they'd put Constantine on the flagship "banknote". Whoever made these notes has, however, made the interesting observation that the Romans actually did have a form of "decimal currency", because the actual exchange rate (in the early Empire, at least) was 4 sestertii to a denarius, 25 denarii to an aureus, so 100 sestertii to an aureus. And it was a fact that the sestertius, not the as or denarius, was the basic monetary unit of account in the early Imperial period. I can't say I'd ever noticed this before. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Sap, Everywhere I found and clicked, sent me to - banknotes.com/rom.htm I would think these are fantasy notes but couldn't find any info on who printed these. If you do, let me know. I'd be interested in learning more. Ron Wise also has these on his site ..by selecting Kingdom of Rome. Thanks, mila_ |
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Sap, I am well aware that the Roman Empire never issued paper money.
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But did they use credit cards?
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  Mila_cent O come on now peopple, in Roman fantasy world, they did use credit cards Edited by Silver Gorilla
05/01/2008 12:33 pm
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