Wealth

Wealth appears in many forms in Tamriel. Coins, gemstones, trade goods, art objects, animals, and property can reflect your character’s financial well-being. Members of the peasantry trade in goods, bartering for what they need and paying taxes in grain and cheese.

Members of the nobility trade either in legal rights, such as the rights to a mine, a port, or farmland, or in gold bars, measuring gold by the pound rather than by the coin. Only merchants, adventurers, and those offering professional services for hire commonly deal in coins.

Coinage

Instead of copper, silver, electrum, and gold coins the land of Tamriel deals only in Septims, which are sometimes called Drakes. When translating prices in gold pieces from 5e to Septims, 1 gold piece is equal to 4 Septims.

A standard coin weighs about a third of an ounce, so fifty coins weigh a pound.

Wealth

The economy of Tamriel is based mainly on bartering. Although many merchants deal in coin, many will trade for goods and jewels. Larger cities may refuse to barter for goods and wish to deal strictly in Septims.

Currency

The main currency in Tamriel is the Septim. It is named that way from the Septim Empire that ruled Tamriel from the end of the Second Era until the end of the Third Era. It's called this due to the bust of Tiber Septim on the face of the coin. It is also sometimes referred to as Drakes, due to the seal of Akatosh on the back side.

Services

Below are typical prices for services that might be offered by vendors, barkeeps, tavern owners, stablemasters, etc.

Accommodations

Lodging	Cost	Time
Squalid	2	day
Poor	5	day
Modest	10	day
Comfortable	25	day
Wealthy	50	day
Aristocratic	100	day
Hovel	150	week
Cabin	400	week
House	1500	week
Villa	5000	week

Transportation

Service	Septims
Cart	1 per mile
Rowboat	10 per mile
Ship	40 per mile

Hireling

Service	Septims
Sell Sword	10 per day
Fighter's Guild	15 per day
Messenger	1 per mile

Food and Drink

Food	Septims
Sweet Roll	1
Bread	2
Butter	1
Leg of Goat	3
Venison Stew	8
Mudcrab Legs	9
Goat Cheese	8
Eidar Cheese	10

Drink	Septims
Ale	5
Spiced Wine	7
Alto Wine	12
Colovian Brandy	100