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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 2111695, member: 70512&quot;]Reference. Scarce</p><p>RIC850; </p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P</p><p>Laureate, draped bust right, seen from back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. in ex. DACIA S-C in field</p><p>Dacia seated left on rock, holding vexillum and curved sword (Falx); r. foot rests on globe?</p><p><br /></p><p>11.52 gr</p><p>26 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time of the Dacian wars researchers have estimated that only ten percent of Spanish and Gallic warriors had access to swords, usually the nobility. By contrast Dacia had rich resources of iron and were prolific metal workers. It is clear that a large percentage of Dacians owned swords, greatly reducing Rome&#039;s military advantage.[7]</p><p>Marcus Cornelius Fronto described the large gaping wounds that a falx inflicted, and experiments have shown that a blow from a falx easily penetrated the Romans&#039; lorica segmentata, incapacitating the majority of victims.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]398848[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]398849[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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