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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 25330055, member: 128351&quot;]Very interesting indeed. One of the most fascinating displays is the equipment and money found on the corpse of a soldier killed at the battle of Lyons in 197. His sword with the harness bearing in bronze letters &quot;FELIX VTERE&quot; (Use with good luck). The coins he carried in some purse, too... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1619670[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>We see there are denarii of Commodus, Antoninus Pius, Trajan, Domitian, Vespasian and even a very worn denarius of Mark Antony, a coin that had been circulating for 228 years ! Like if we had in our wallets coins of 1796... </p><p><br /></p><p>Though they were sometimes much circulated, old denarii were still sought after, especially by soldiers living on the limes and trading with barbarians, for their silver content was much higher than recent coins minted under Pertinax or Severus...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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