Ravens of Eternity
It echoed all around, and traveled outside, where many in the gathered crowds could hear.
“And those are the pointed facts regarding the Imperial Treasury,” he said, somewhere in the middle of his speech. “Not only is the empire running out of denarii, but the value of the denarius is plummeting. Remember, this time last year, it cost thirty-three denarii to exchange for one aureus. Today, that number is now forty-seven.
“When we first introduced the coin, the exchange rate was locked at twenty-five to one. Locked! We simply cannot allow this trend to continue. If our currency falls, so does the empire.”
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