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 Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 10:50 pm
Archaea-Gaean Currency:
In Archae-Gaea, coins were divided into talent, mina, drachma and obolo. The drachma is the basic economic unit (like a dollar).
6 obols (lowest) = 1 drachma
100 drachma (basic monetary unit) = 1 mina
600 minae = 1 talent (highest)
A worker could earn about two drachmas a day. Sculptors and doctors were able to make up to six drachmas daily. An unskilled worker would make around half of a drachma for one day’s work.
The typical costs of goods:
loaf of bread: 1 obol
meat: 8 drachmas
cooking oil: 5 drachmas
shoes: 8 to 12 drachmas
slaves: 200 to 300 drachmas
houses: 400 to 1000 drachmas
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 10:58 pm
Neo-Gaean Currency
The currency during most of the Aeolus Republic consists of coins including the aureus (gold), the denarius (silver), the sestertius (bronze), the dupondius (bronze), and the as (copper).
* as – bronze coin, basic unit of currency
* dupondius – bronze coin, worth two ases
* semis – bronze coin, also worth two ases
* sestertius – bronze coin, worth four ases
* quadrans – bronze coin, also worth four ases
* denarius - silver coin, worth 16 ases
* aureus – gold coin, worth 400 ases
Typical wages
Secretary : 15 denarus
Lecturer: 12 denarus
Messenger: 9 denarus
Haruspex (fortune teller): 10 denarus
Soldier: 20 denarus
Prices:
A loaf of bread: 1 dupondius
A bottle of wine: 1 - 5 as
A pair of clothes: 15 sestertii
A steed: 500 sestertii
A slave: 2000 sestertii = 500 denarii (up to 1500)
1 acre of land 1000 sestertii = 250 denarii
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