Aureus - Aureus

Japanese: アウレウス - あうれうす
Aureus - Aureus

… The gold standard was used during the imperial era. The gold coins were called aureus, and half-value gold coins were also widely used. Since the imperial era, it has been customary for gold, silver, and copper coins to bear a bust of the crowned emperor and various honorifics on the obverse. …

From the Denarius

…Emperor Augustus revised the monetary system to stabilize it. He set the gold content of the aureus at 1/42 pound and the silver content of the denarius at 1/84 pound, with an exchange rate of 1:25 between the two. In the currency reform of Emperor Nero in the mid-1st century, the purity of gold and silver coins was reduced by 10% each, but the exchange rate remained at 1:25. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Aureus" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 帝政とともに金貨本位が併用された。その金貨は〈アウレウスaureus〉と呼ばれ,その半額の金貨も広く行われた。帝政以来は金・銀・銅貨を通じて,表面には冠をつけた皇帝の胸像とさまざまの尊称とを刻むのが通例である。…

【デナリウス貨】より

…アウグストゥス帝は通貨制度を修正し,その安定をはかった。そこでは,金貨アウレウスaureusの金含有量は1/42ポンド,銀貨デナリウスの銀含有量は1/84ポンドと定められ,両者の交換比率は1:25とされた。1世紀中葉ネロ帝治世の通貨改革では,金貨と銀貨の品位がおのおの1割ずつ低下しながら,その交換比率は1:25のままにしておかれた。…

※「アウレウス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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