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We review Baker's Exclusive Selection. It's a new super-premium "extra-aged" Baker's release.
Imperial aurei. The aureus (derived from aurum, meaning “gold”), the standard gold coin initially valued at 25 denarii was introduced during the Roman Republic – in the 80s BCE – by general L. Cornelius Sulla and only struck occasionally over the next decades. The coin was struck more frequently under Julius Caesar, who standardized the weight of the coin at 1/40th of a librum (the Roman pound, approx. 328.9 g), about 8,2 grams. The aureus was frequently issued well into Imperial times, mostly to pay bonuses to the legions. But over the years the weight declined and the value ch...