denarii
- plural of denarius.
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The rest of the coins show six emperors and two of their wives, with the most recent denarii dating to AD175-6.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
Most of the coins are silver denarii, minted in Rome and dating from the time of the Roman Republic in 157 BC up to Nero's reign between AD 54–68.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
"In terms of spending value, a Roman legionary soldier was paid 300 denarii a year - so these coins represent no more than two to three days' legionary pay."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2019
But under the emperor Nero, starting in 64 A.D., the proportion of silver was reduced to 80 percent and the state made a tidy profit by recycling the all-silver denarii into debased ones.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2018
He couldn’t shake the feeling that fauns should be more than just homeless guys begging for denarii.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
