[Python] Cannot figure out a coin conversion problem within the specified limitations

The problem is:

The base unit of currency was the As. All other coins are measured relative to each other.

Quadrans: 1/2 a Semis
Semis: 1/2 an As
As: Base Unit
Dupondius: 2 Asses
Sestertius: 2 Dupondii
Quinarius: 2 Sesterii
Denarius: 2 Quinarii
Antoninianus: 2 Denarii
Gold Quinarius: 25 Quinarii
Aureus: 25 Denarii


Write a program that takes as input the number of Quadrans a person has in their account. This number is always an integer because there is no smaller currency than the Quadrans. Then print out the minimal number of coins that can be used to represent this amount.

Start with the largest value currency and work down to the smallest. For example, if the user has 12 Quadrans, this is 1 Dupondius and 1 As.

EXAMPLE OUTPUT:

Enter Number of Quadrans: 21432
Aureus: 13
Gold Quinarius: 0
Antoninianus: 4
DenarEnter Number of Quadrans: 21432
Aureus: 13
Gold Quinarius: 0
Antoninianus: 4
Denarius: 1
Quinarius: 1
Sestertius: 1
Dupondius: 1
As: 0
Semis: 0
Quadrans: 0
ius: 1
Quinarius: 1
Sestertius: 1
Dupondius: 1
As: 0
Semis: 0
Quadrans: 0​

A restriction of the assignment is I cannot use complex functions with lists/flags to solve this question.

Define the Units:

As = 1
Semis = 0.5 * As
Quadrans = 0.5 * Semis
Dupondius = 2 * As
Sestertius = 2 * Dupondius
Quinarius = 2 * Sestertius
Denarius = 2 * Quinarius
Antoninianus = 2 * Denarius
GoldQuinarius = 25 * Quinarius
Aureus = 25 * Denarius


used accountBalance var. for quadrans amount need to be converted

accountBalance = int(input( "Enter Number of Quadrans: " ))


tried to convert into least amount of coins needed here using arithmetic operations

AureusP = (accountBalance * 0.25) // Aureus
GoldQuinariusP = (accountBalance - AureusP) // GoldQuinarius
AntoninianusP = (accountBalance - GoldQuinariusP) // Antoninianus
DenariusP = (accountBalance - AntoninianusP) // Denarius
QuinariusP = (accountBalance - DenariusP) // Quinarius
SestertiusP = (accountBalance - QuinariusP) // Sestertius
DupondiusP = (accountBalance - SestertiusP) // Dupondius
AsP = (accountBalance - DupondiusP) // As
SemisP = (accountBalance - AsP) // Semis
QuadransP = (accountBalance - SemisP) // Quadrans


Have to print the number of coins used to represent the account balance

print("Aureus: ",AureusP)
print("Gold Quinarius: ", GoldQuinariusP)
print("Antoninianus: ", AntoninianusP)
print("Denarius: ", DenariusP)
print("Quinarius: ", QuinariusP)
print("Sestertius: ", SestertiusP)
print("Dupondius: ", DupondiusP)
print("As: ", AsP)
print("Semis: ", SemisP)
print("Quadrans: ", QuadransP)


Now I have tried to get the output to match with the example above, have managed to get the Aureus amount to line up but it seems I'm doing something wrong after.

Can this problem be solved without implementing flags and embedding lists?

This is the output Im getting:

Enter Number of Quadrans: 21432
Aureus: 13.0
Gold Quinarius: 107.0
Antoninianus: 666.0
Denarius: 1297.0
Quinarius: 2516.0
Sestertius: 4729.0
Dupondius: 8351.0
As: 13081.0
Semis: 16702.0
Quadrans: 18920.0

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