Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Aureus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

AU'REUS. Called also nummus aureus, or denarius aureus; a guilder, or golden denarius, the standard gold coin of the Romans, which passed for twenty-five denarii, or 17s. 8½d.; but the intrinsic value, as compared with our gold coinage at the present day would nearly equal 1l. 1s. 1¾d. (Plin. H. N. xxxiii. 13. Suet. Cal. 42. Id. Dom. 8. Hussey on ancient Weights and Money.). The illustration (Aureus/1.1) is from an original in its actual state.

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