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Silver denarii
Denarii were
the standard silver coins of the Republic and of the first and second centuries AD.
25 denarii made 1 golden aureus and one denarius was worth
4 sestertii
A typical denarius measures approximately 18 mm in diameter.
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Julius Caesar, Dictator 49 - 44 BC
During the civil wars between Caesar and Pompey, both commanders
issued denarii minted by travelling military mints to pay their troops.
Eventually the Senate had to flee to Greece and lost the right to issue
denarii, though it retained control of base metal coins.
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Mark Antony,
Dictator 43 to
33 BC
Mark Antony defeated Caesar's assassins in a civil war and made
sure the Senate did not return to Republican government but was
himself defeated in a second
civil war by Caesar's nephew Octavian to whom the Senate gave the
title 'Augustus' (= the revered one)
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