As (Roman coin) as, the (2), (2), . After the as had been issued as a cast coin for about seventy years, and its weight had been reduced in several stages, a as was introduced (meaning that it weighed one-sixth of a pound). At about the same time a silver coin, the denarius, was also introduced. Earlier Roman silver coins had been struck on the Greek weight standards that facilitated their use in southern Italy and across the Adriatic, but all Roman coins were now on a Roman weight standard. The denarius, or 'tenner', was at first tariffed at ten asses, but in
Croat (coin) "florín" and the "croat" grew, the Aragonese empire settled into bimetallism. The Catalan "croat" was equivalent in value to the Aragonese "ral" (which went by many names: "grosso", "real", "alfonsino", "anfusinus"). It was the most stable of all the Aragonese coinage and widely used in the Mediterranean trade. Croat (coin) The croat was a silver coin of Catalonia introduced by Peter III of Aragon in 1285 and minted at Barcelona. The term "croat" derives from the Latin "grossus denarius", great coin, a common term for silver coins of higher value than pennies. Peter III was inspired by the "gros" introduced