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-GREEKS INFLEUENCED ROMANS TO USE SILVER COINS IN 269BC. IN THE 187BC THEY INTRODUCED DENARIUS, WHICH WAS WORTH ABOUT 10 BRONZE COINSCALLED "AS".

-THEN IT CHANGED TO 16 BRONZE COINS IN 130 BC.THEN AUREUS WAS USED DURING THE SECOND PUNIC WAR WHICH WAS MADE OF THE GOLD AND WAS WORTH 25 DENARIUS OR DENARII.

-ANTONIANUS WHICH WAS INTRODUCED BY CARACALLA AND BEING MADE OF SILVER WAS WORTH 2 DENARII IN ABOUT 250 AD.

-MANY OF THE METERIALS USED WERE BRONZE AND BRASS FOR THE COINS WITH LESS VALUE AND SILVER AND GOLD FOR COINS WITH HIGHER VALUE.

-THEY SOON HAD PICTURES OF REMUS AND ROMULUS BEING RAISED BY A WOLF ON THE COIN.

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