Greek/Roman money
Copyright (c) 1996 by Wim ten Brink <101471.2512@COMPUSERVE.COM>

Athens (Athene)
Currency: Talent  Mina  Drachme  Obool
Talent         1    60     6000  36000
Mina           -     1      100    600
Drachme        -     -        1      6
Obool          -     -        -      1
Minimum cost of living: (Daily) 2-3 Obolen. (Obools?)
Daily average income (500 BC) 1 drachme.
Slave price: between 70 and 3000 drachmen.
A luxurious house in Athens would cost between 15 to 20 Minae. (1500 to 2000
drachmen)


Rome:     
Currency:   Aureus  Denarius  Sestertius   As          
Aureus           1        25         100  400
Denarius         -         1           4   16
Sestertius       -         -           1    4
As               -         -           -    1

Daily average income (100 BC) 12 as.
Daily average income (Legion Soldiers) 5 as. (10 as after Ceasar)
The average wealth of a senator is about 1 million sestertii. (Not Sesterces!
(According to Dutch translations!))
Slave price: between 600 and 8000 Sestertii.

(This book is called (Warning: Dutch text:) "De zelfkant van de oudheid", which
is a translation of a french book "Les bas-fonds de l'Antiquite". I can't find a
good translation of this title in english...)