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The Sextantal As Denarius containing ten system with silver introduction to bronze coin system which had been in existance for maybe 70 or more years now.
Bronze: 1728c/6 = 288c * 10 = 2880c * .96 = 2764.8c copper + 115.2c tin = 1.15442057 pounds copper + 0.0481008572 pounds tin = $1.3837 usd/lb copper = $5.0145 usd/lb tin = 1.15442057*1.3837 = $1.59737174 copper + 0.041008572*5.0145 = $0.205637484 tin. $1.59737174+0.205637484 = $1.80300922 = 10 as value of sextantal system.
Silver: 23.04c silver + 0.96c copper = 0.140294167 troy ounces at $12.14 usd/troz = 0.140294167*12.14 = $1.70317119 + 0.000400840477 pounds copper * 1.3837 usd/lb copper = 0.000400840477*1.3837 = $0.000554642968 + $1.70317119 = $1.70372583. 2.5 Denarius = 1 Shekel. 10 Shekels = 1 Aureus.
Gold: 250 as. $1.80300922*25 = $45.0752305 = 0.0496 troz gold = 1.54273245 grams = 8.14562734c = 1/216 to 1/192 roman pounds for weight of aureus fine gold weight. Can say 8c of fine gold and then the rest can be additional in silver or leave as be as total weight of 8c. Therefore 1/216. Therefore 6 Aureus = 1 Qedet and 9 Aureus = 1 Deben. 1/10 Aureus = 1 Shekel. With 25 Denarii is $42.5931457 which is 0.0469 troy ounces which is 1.45875306 grams which is 7.70221616 carob. so the middle point (7.70221616+8.14562734)/2 = 7.92392175 carob is close to 8 carob. Therefore the Julius Caesar Aureus = 1/40 of a pound = 43.2c or 5.4 of 8c aureus = 1 of 43.2 aureus. Then reduced to 1/45 of a pound during Nero for 38.4c or 4.8 of 8c to the aureus. then Caracalla to 1/50 of a pound or 34.56c or 4.32 of 8c to the aureus. If I do the 1/36 of a pound, then is 48c or a qedet weight. 1/36 is 1/6 of 1/216. If 5.4 of the 8c = the Julius Caesar and possibly Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudia 1/40 of a pound aureus, then 25*5.4, then 135 denarii = 1 Aureus in this case then instead of 25 given the higher price of gold now and 1350 as bronze = 1 aureus. this equals 43.9639239 carob gold which is very close to 43.2 carob gold, this checks out. for the silver 135 denarii this is 41.5492684 carob gold, which is also very close to the 43.2. For trade purposes this checks out and/or a little extra bit of denarii and/or asses can be added to this to balance the trade out if need be.
Updated January 26, 2009 M