From how many coins were you rich in ancient Rome?

The coin depicted in the comments under the question is an aureus. In the early Empire one aureus was worth 100 sestertii or 400 ases. read more

Bronze coins were the coins that the Romans most commonly used until Rome expanded in the second century B.C. Once Rome had conquered Macedonia's silver mines, a boom in silver coin production occurred and silver coins became the most common. read more

Gold closed this week at US$1,142 per Troy ounce [4], so a 7.0-gram ancient Greek gold stater from the time of Alexander the Great (died 323 BCE) represents a bullion value of $262.87. read more