Editing Denarius (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Roman coin}}
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[[File:Octavian and Antony denarius.jpg|thumb|''Denarius'' of [[Mark Antony]] and [[Augustus|Octavian]], struck at Ephesus in 41 BC. The coin commemorated the two men's defeat of Brutus and Cassius a year earlier as well as celebrating the new [[Second Triumvirate]].|360x360px]]
[[File:8denarii.jpg|thumb|right|Top row (left to right): 157 BC [[Roman Republic]], 73 AD [[Vespasian]], 161 AD [[Marcus Aurelius]], 194 AD [[Septimius Severus]]; <br /> Second row (left to right): 199 AD [[Caracalla]], 200 AD [[Julia Domna]], 219 AD [[Elagabalus]], 236 AD [[Maximinus Thrax]]]]
The '''''denarius''''' ({{IPA|la|deːˈnaːriʊs|lang}}; {{plural form}}: '''''dēnāriī''''', {{IPA|la|deːˈnaːriiː|lang}}) was the standard [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[silver coin]] from its introduction in the [[Second Punic War]] {{circa|211 BC}}<ref>Crawford, Michael H. (1974). Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge University Press, 2 Volumes. {{ISBN|0-521-07492-4}}</ref> to the reign of [[Gordian III]] (AD 238–244), when it was gradually replaced by the ''[[antoninianus]]''. It continued to be minted in very small quantities, likely for ceremonial purposes, until and through the [[Tetrarchy]] (293–313).<ref>{{cite book|author=David. L. Vagi|title=Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, c. 82 BC–AD 480|volume=II|publisher=Coin World|location=Sydney, Ohio}}</ref>{{rp|87}}

The word ''dēnārius'' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''dēnī'' "containing ten", as its value was originally of 10 ''[[As (Roman coin)|assēs]]''.<ref group=note>Its value was increased to 16 assēs in the middle of the 2nd century BC.</ref> The word for "money" descends from it in Italian (''denaro''), Slovene (''denar''), Portuguese (''dinheiro''), and Spanish (''dinero''). Its name also survives in the [[dinar]] currency.

Its symbol is represented in [[Unicode]] as 𐆖 (U+10196), a numeral monogram that appeared on the obverse in the Republican period, denoting the 10 ''asses'' ("X") to 1 ''denarius'' ("I") conversion rate. However it can also be represented as X̶ (capital letter X with combining long stroke overlay).