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en-wikipedia-org-6348		Denarius - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4163	409	72	A predecessor of the denarius was first struck in 269 or 268 BC, five years before the First Punic War,[3] with an average weight of 6.81 grams, 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 that time. The denarius continued to be the main coin of the Roman Empire until it was replaced by the so-called antoninianus in the early 3rd century AD. Aurelian struck a radiate aurelianianus of increased weight (84 to the Roman pound) and fineness (5% fine) that was tariffed at five notational[clarification needed] denarii (sometimes called "common denarii" or "denarii communes" by modern writers, although this phrase does not appear in any ancient text). The denarius also survives in the common Arabic name for a currency unit, the dinar used from pre-Islamic times, and still used in several modern Arab nations.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6348.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6348.txt