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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3018367, member: 57463"]We really must not project ourselves on the past. I am not sure that mint workers went home at the end of their shift. In fact, I am pretty sure that they did not. Without good epigraphic evidence, my suggestions are that:</p><p>(1) They were slaves. So, they weren't going anywhere.</p><p>(2) Mintmasters were held responsible for everything, so any cheating by the workers led to the mintmaster being punished. My evidence for that is the biography of Diogenes of Sinope. </p><p>(3) Rather than the lowly workers, if there is a crime being committed--see (2)-- then it is the mintmaster, not the slave.</p><p><br /></p><p>That all aside, the fourees most likely came from outside the official infrastructure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3018367, member: 57463"]We really must not project ourselves on the past. I am not sure that mint workers went home at the end of their shift. In fact, I am pretty sure that they did not. Without good epigraphic evidence, my suggestions are that: (1) They were slaves. So, they weren't going anywhere. (2) Mintmasters were held responsible for everything, so any cheating by the workers led to the mintmaster being punished. My evidence for that is the biography of Diogenes of Sinope. (3) Rather than the lowly workers, if there is a crime being committed--see (2)-- then it is the mintmaster, not the slave. That all aside, the fourees most likely came from outside the official infrastructure.[/QUOTE]
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