Featured Roman Republican Nos. 51-53, including first two Quinarii

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  1. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    See my original post for a mention of Cicero's skepticism regarding the story. We shouldn't assume that educated Romans of that time were particularly credulous about such supernatural explanations of historical events.
     
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    I know I did read it :). I was just pointing out that Livy was the same.
     
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  4. Gam3rBlake

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    Hey Donna do you happen to know what the oldest known coin that definitively came from Rome is?

    I read that they used bronze ingots and bronze asses and such but I wouldn’t exactly classify that are coinage.

    I'm guessing they used Greek coinage prior to making their own coinage but I'm curious what the first coin minted in Rome is.

    (Pictured Below: Aes Signatum (bronze). Roman Republic (after 450 BC)

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  5. Al Kowsky

    Al Kowsky Well-Known Member

    Donna, Great writeup & interesting coins :D!
     
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