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web-archive-org-5624		Roman Currency of the Principate			.html	text/html	2423	295	80	Roman currency was based on a silver denarius, struck at 84 to the Roman pound (322.5 grs.), that was exchanged against gold coins or base metal fractional denominations collectively called aes the aureus to 45 to the Roman pound (7.20 grs.) and of the denarius to 96 to the Roman pound (3.30 grs.). Romans measured dry capacity (grain) by the MODIUS and city mints struck traditional currency based on a silver drachma. Classical age, the Greeks minted silver drachmae and obols, along with their bewildering array of local silver and bronze coins in the Roman East. the international standard of the Greek world, based on a silver drachma of minted bronze fractions based on an obol (1/6 of a denarius) that stood in no against 2 Roman asses (or assaria in Greek) so that bronze coins in this bronze obol and drachma, and low grade silver tetradrachma tariffed at	./cache/web-archive-org-5624.html	./txt/web-archive-org-5624.txt