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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1792067, member: 9204&quot;]That is an interesting idea, Doug. I&#039;ve only ever handled one of these coins at a time, and never personally cataloged one. I had assumed that the mouse/rat was merely a control mark and assigned little significance to it. Assuming that the coin was definitely struck 112-111 BC, then the 109 BC date for the edict doesn&#039;t match up. But at the very least, there is something to the idea that the presence of the mouse was a satire of the upper class.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If anyone manages to acquire some, I have a few ancient recipes for doormice that I&#039;d love to try. I also have a recipe for roast peacock, but I don&#039;t think I&#039;ll get to try that one any time soon. Check out A Taste of Ancient Rome: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Ancient-Ilaria-Gozzini-Giacosa/dp/0226290328/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Ancient-Ilaria-Gozzini-Giacosa/dp/0226290328/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Ancient-Ilaria-Gozzini-Giacosa/dp/0226290328/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top</a> It&#039;s a cookbook with fairly loose directions, as should be for dishes that have been mostly forgotten for a few centuries. I&#039;ve made the epityrum (seasoned olive paste), pepones (cantaloupe in a vinaigrette), and aprum assum (roast boar, with a pine nut and garum sauce). And of course I found a strong Spanish wine and mixed it with water, in the ancient style.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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