argenteus
The argenteus (pl. Plural argentei, 'of silver') was a silver coin produced by the Roman Empire from the time of Diocletian's coinage reform in AD 294 to ca. It was of similar weight and fineness to the denarius of the time of Nero.
argenteus
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- silver coin
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- Ancient Rome
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The coin was produced at a theoretical weight of 1/96th of a Roman pound (about 3 grams), as indicated by the Roman numeral XCVI on the coin's reverse. • Illustration — Argenteus struck under Constantius Chlorus, weighing 3.36 g. One aureus equaled 25 argentei and one argenteus equaled 8 folles. The term argenteus, meaning "of silver" in Latin, was first used in Pliny's Natural History in the phrase argenteus nummus (silver coin). The 4th-century historian Ammianus uses the same phrase, though there is no indication that this is the official name for a denomination. The Historia Augusta uses the phrase to refer to several fictitious coins.
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294
argenteus first recorded.
320
argenteus recorded as ended.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q645246: argenteus
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- “Argenteus”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1038033403, Argenteus.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1038033403, Argenteus.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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