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Oldf1eFo
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... and denarii :-)
Im not sure this sentence is very natural in English or Latin tbh. Have you ever specified a price in 'coins'?
nummos would be the accusative, but in this case we need an ablative! I don't think the ablative has been covered in the lections yet, but we can't really ask "/what/ does the wine cost", instead it's "/how much/ does the wine cost". this is one but many uses of the ablative, but i don't remember which rules exactly apply to it, so i won't give you any. i'm sure the course will cover it!
consto is first conjugation (with the infinitive -are)
For the usage please see: II, B, 6. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=consto