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denarius

デナリウス — Names of money

The silver coin of ancient Rome, ancestor of the silver of the West.

Denarius DenariusBC 211– Denarius of the Republic Denarius of the Republicc. 179–170 BC Denarius of the horseman (Bolskan) Denarius of the horseman (Bolskan)2nd century BC to the early 1st century BC
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⚠ Throughout the imperial period, its fineness was gradually reduced. The process of its content decreasing while its name remained the same is the longest traceable record of the phenomenon of currency debasement.

This word survived in the languages of various regions, becoming the origin of words such as the French denier and the Islamic world's dinar.