What was the currency called before Talos?

Heinrich · Post by **Heinrich** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:11 pm

Before gold coins were Septims, what were they? Remans?

Post by **MARS** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:22 pm

Gold, I imagine.

Heinrich · Post by **Heinrich** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:33 pm

Oh, that's a bit boring.

Minor Edits · Post by **Minor Edits** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:19 pm

If you're looking for something more distinctive, they're also referred to as drakes. Compare Guide to Better Thieving to Wulfmare's Guide to Better Thieving.

Post by **MARS** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:28 pm

They're referred to as Drakes in relation to the Septim line though. They have the dragon's blood.

Minor Edits · Post by **Minor Edits** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:21 pm

So did the earlier Emperors though. Cyrodiilic empires have long been associated (edit)WITH(/edit) the dragon.

Heinrich · Post by **Heinrich** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:21 pm

Thank you very much.

Dark Spark · Post by **Dark Spark** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:11 am

There's and old saw about how the more we love something the more nicknames we give it, and the two objects with the most nicknames are money and inebriation.

Mattbott · Post by **Mattbott** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:27 am

i suppose sex would be a close third lol

Minor Edits · Post by **Minor Edits** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:53 pm

I think it's fair to say that list could get quite extensive. Let's never speak of it again.

Pilaf The Defiler · Post by **Pilaf The Defiler** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:14 am

Hundreds of years before Tiber Septim, Reman Cyrodiil had already adopted the Akaviri dragon banner as the standard for the Legions. Before he was even an old man Imperial coins had the Dragon symbol on them and were called Drakes.

Here's a plausible theory of how the term "Drake" could be even older - it stands to reason the Nords, freshly arrived from Atmora, had their own form of currency. We're told the Dragon Cult levied taxes on the people, so they must have been collecting some form of money. It stands to reason that a Dragon symbol would have been stamped on their gold and silver coins - thus they'd have been Drakes.

Minor Edits · Post by **Minor Edits** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:38 pm

Very plausible

kertaw48 · Post by **kertaw48** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:34 pm

Just to throw in this bit: In TESA: Redguard, set in year 2E 864, the word "gold" is used exclusively to refer to currency. Considering Redguard's lore belongs in the same era of development as Morrowind's (where "septims", "drakes" and "gold" are used interchangeably), I think it was intentional (at least used to be).

Pilaf The Defiler · Post by **Pilaf The Defiler** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:00 pm

The Raga have always had a rebellious streak from day one. It doesn't surprise me that the Crowns would make their own way.

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