How do we get to 38oz of gold? 15k sestertii at 8g per 1k would be 120g of gold (aka 4.25oz), right? Also, where do the silver numbers come from?
Interesting approach!
Interesting approach!
But at 8 grams of gold per aureus, the ~40 troy ounces of gold annual salary is about right.
> In or about 23 BC, with the coinage reform of Augustus, the sestertius was reintroduced as a large brass denomination,
That's 375kg of brass which would fetch about $1700 in today's dollars at scrap prices.
One aureus is approximately $1000 of gold value. And as a collectible item it is worth $3k-10k.