Estimates of the value of the denarius range from 1.6 to 2.85 times its metal content , thought to equal the purchasing power of 10 modern British Pound Sterling at the beginning of the Roman Empire to around 18 Pound Sterling by its end ( comparing bread , wine and meat prices ) and , over the same period , around one to three days ' pay for a Legionary .
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