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Aureus

1.

The generic name for a Roman gold coin (aureus nummus).

2.

A gold coin which under the emperors was equal to about $5.10. It was first struck in the Second Punic War. See Numismatics (Roman); Nummus; Solidus.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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