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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7502501, member: 85693&quot;]Great write-up Donna.&nbsp; The limes mystery is an interesting one; I have nothing to add, but the &quot;military scrip&quot; theory makes sense to me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for those pesky barbarians, it is interesting to me the vast number of legitimate, silver denarii (Antonine, mostly, but lots of Severan too) being unearthed out beyond the Roman hinterlands (Hungary, Ukraine, etc. nowadays).&nbsp; The good silver was circulating a lot too.&nbsp; People knew the difference, I&#039;m guessing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Could it be the soldiers were getting stuck with the official base metal &quot;scrip&quot; while the barbarians were being paid in good silver?&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;d be interesting to see if the limes are being unearthed close to the forts and lines of defense, while the good silver was going deeper into Barbaricum.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of mine: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296405[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p><b>Limes Denarius</b></p><p><b>(200-201 A.D.)</b> <b>Rome Mint?</b></p><p>[SEVER]VS AVG PAR[T MAX], laureate head right / [PR]OVID AVGG, Providentia standing half-left, holding wand over globe to left and sceptre.</p><p>RIC 166; RSC 586</p><p>(1.90 grams / 18 x 12 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Oops. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Here&#039;s a view of its non-silver guts:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296404[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Style is a bit off on this one - Alexander seems to be sporting a non-standard Severan rakish moustache and smile:&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296406[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Severus Alexander</b></p><p><b>Æ Limes Denarius</b></p><p><b>(234 A.D.) Rome (?) Mint</b></p><p>IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right / PM&nbsp; TRP XIII COS III PP, Sol radiate, nude but for chlamys over left shoulder, walking left, rt. hand raised, whip in left hand.</p><p>RIC 123; Sear 7916.</p><p>(3.13 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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