Showing price, sub and sup?

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I have my own shopping cart I'm creating and have the price formatted with the code:

 

echo '<p><sub>$AU</sub> ' . $80 . '<sub>.' . 00 . '</sub></p>';

 

Essentially I want the price to have the cents aligned to the top of the line (in line with dollars amount height).

 

Is there a better way for this without sub and sup as these do not line up like I want?