I think my circumstances differ, maybe specific to my age and nationality (67 and UK). I learned critical thinking as a schoolboy at a Grammar...
Am not sure this affected things. As far as I heard, all the nominally c. 3.9g RR denarii were pretty variable in weight. My mind was anyhow...
Thanks. A big range in the case you point to (3.09g to 4.28g) and it looks like 3.6 to 4.2 is pretty typical. Surely this looks nothing like...
My understanding of the situation owes a lot to discussion with Ross Glanfield. As things stand I am inclined to accept his view - in the general...
Roman Republican denarii are notoriously variable in weight, so I looked for an open access bar chart plotting that variation - for a decent sized...
Further to my last – one of the “Sizes” sources is partly on line at Google books...
I bought a lot of nails in my time but never came across this - so I think it is (very near?) obsolete in Britain. This seems a better source:...
I recall - many years since - an assistant at my print shop asked about coins in general, and a "widows mite" in particular. I said I had a bunch...
When I wrote to challenged Moorhead my own thoughts went to Diocletian rather than Aurelian. But I have a slender knowledge of Roman affairs, so...
Got an interesting reply to my questions above from the horse's mouth - Prof Howgego. See below - something to look forward to I think Rob T...
Wow - thanks for posting this - never took note of them before! Have you got an explanation of why its made into a "15 shekel" coin? As far as I...
Looks like this thread ran out of steam, but its a convenient place to maybe broaden out the discussion a little, with regard to this and other...
If anyone is interested - details of a set of weights just appeared on the web here https://www.academia.edu/39356680 The above piece was...
Fascinating thread. I dug into the sources a little, (Cassius Dio and Herodianus) and as far as I could see nothing was said about the debasement...
I certainly agree we have to be careful, but in the message you referenced two sets of attitudes, one of today and the other of the late 19th...
Your father sounds like a great guy. Give him my regards Rob T
A few general thoughts 1) Aristotle said something like - there are two sorts of people - those who think money is an idea and those that think...
Afraid I cannot agree. According to the Wiki page you initially posted, the Romans used a Euboean mina. Presumably in order to ease their trade...
Thanks. I append a translation of that well known passage from Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedia. I feel it strengthens my case. Any modern...
Actually, elsewhere this matter has meanwhile progressed quite far (on an old Yahoo group, thanks Ross G) see this link From Epiphanius of...
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