For example, the Mishnah (Keritot 1: 7) records an occasion in the first century C.E. when the price of a pair of sacrificial pigeons rose to a golden denar.
مَثَلًا ،‏ تَذْكُرُ ٱلْمِشْنَا أَنَّ سِعْرَ زَوْجِ ٱلْيَمَامِ ٱلَّذِي يُقَدَّمُ ذَبِيحَةً وَصَلَ فِي ٱلْقَرْنِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ إِلَى دِينَارٍ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ .‏