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<p>[QUOTE="Scipio, post: 4674952, member: 103869"]Cales was a Roman colony since 335 BC, and his coinage is closely related to the ones of other Greek towns conquered by the Romans between Campania and Samnium, like Caiatia, Teanum, Venafrum, Suessa. All of them issued coins with the sun/rooster symbols At the reverse and often Minerva at the obverse. It is believed that these towns were part of a “common market” and their issues were purposedly similar, to ease commerce among them.</p><p>Around 275 BC similar coins were issued by campanian mints (Crawford 17/1 Minerva/Horse) with ROMANO legend, to be used in exchanges between Campania and Rome. After the second Punic war, in which Cales refused help to Rome, the town lost several rights, included minting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Scipio, post: 4674952, member: 103869"]Cales was a Roman colony since 335 BC, and his coinage is closely related to the ones of other Greek towns conquered by the Romans between Campania and Samnium, like Caiatia, Teanum, Venafrum, Suessa. All of them issued coins with the sun/rooster symbols At the reverse and often Minerva at the obverse. It is believed that these towns were part of a “common market” and their issues were purposedly similar, to ease commerce among them. Around 275 BC similar coins were issued by campanian mints (Crawford 17/1 Minerva/Horse) with ROMANO legend, to be used in exchanges between Campania and Rome. After the second Punic war, in which Cales refused help to Rome, the town lost several rights, included minting.[/QUOTE]
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