Nathan

//**__The Roman Coins__**//
In Ancient Rome coins were used by everyone.Traders,merchants,the government,etc.These coins were used because paper wasn't invented yet and they needed money to use.We have inherited Rome's ideas of having the pictures of heads on the front and a different picture on the back.Roman Currency was made of five different materials.One was Aureus (gold),another was Denarius(silver),Sestertius,(bronze)another Dupondius(Bronze) and the as(copper).Even in Greek territories Roman currency was accepted.Denarius was replaced by double Denarius. (If you want to find out where i got this picture,click this link-[|THE LINK])

// __Process of making coins__ //
The coins were all different.They were different because they were struck by hand.Some were poured into mold when making it manually wasn't an option. The coins were usually struck by hand because molding was a very hard process.This made them all unique.Some rounder than others,some thicker,some wider.When molded they were all the same because the molds were all the same shape.There were different values of each coin. One Denari would equal to four Sesterii.Four Sesterii would equal six-teen As.In the Early Republic a Denarius would be worth only one dollar,a Sestertius would value in four dollars,and a Dupondius would be worth five dollars.One Denari would equal to four Sesterii.Four Sesterii would equal sixteen as.In Rome Aureus was worth 90% of the us dollar.Sestertius was called the third half.
 * //__Different Equivalences__// **