denarius

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Roman coin ancient coin silver coin

The denarius was a standard Roman silver coin that became the backbone of the Roman monetary system and a key medium of trade across the Roman world.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Roman denarius 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman coin ⓘ
ancient coin ⓘ
silver coin ⓘ
abbreviation D ⓘ
X ⓘ
backboneOf Roman monetary system ⓘ
category Roman numismatics ⓘ
circulatedIn Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hispania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
edge plain ⓘ
etymologyOf denaro ⓘ
denier ⓘ
denier tournois ⓘ
dinar ⓘ
experienced progressive debasement over time ⓘ
hasNotableSeries imperatorial denarii ⓘ
imperial denarii ⓘ
influenced medieval European coinage ⓘ
introducedInPeriod late 3rd century BC ⓘ
introducedUnder Roman Republic monetary reform ⓘ
laterObverseDepiction portrait of the emperor ⓘ
laterValue 16 asses ⓘ
manufacturingProcess struck coinage ⓘ
material silver ⓘ
metalStandard billon in later periods ⓘ
pluralForm denarii ⓘ
primaryDenominationOf Roman silver currency ⓘ
replaced quadrigatus silver coin ⓘ
replacedBy antoninianus ⓘ
argenteus ⓘ
solidus ⓘ
shape round ⓘ
standardObverseDepiction head of Roma ⓘ
standardReverseDepiction Dioscuri on horseback ⓘ
subdivisionOf Roman currency system ⓘ
typicalEarlyValue 10 asses GENERATED ⓘ
usedAs unit of account ⓘ
usedFor payment of soldiers ⓘ
tax payments ⓘ
trade across the Roman world ⓘ
usedIn Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman state → hasCurrency → denarius ⓘ
Africa Nova → currency → denarius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman denarius
Moesia Inferior → usedCurrency → denarius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman denarius
Italia (Roman province) → usedCurrency → denarius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman denarius
Germania Inferior → currencyUsed → denarius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman denarius