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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8295698, member: 75937&quot;]&quot;<a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-04-analysis-roman-coins-uncovers-evidence.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2022-04-analysis-roman-coins-uncovers-evidence.html" rel="nofollow">New scientific analysis</a> of the composition of Roman denarii has brought fresh understanding to a financial crisis briefly mentioned by the Roman statesman and writer Marcus Tullius Cicero in his essay on moral leadership, De Officiis, and solved a longstanding historical debate.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Liverpool have analyzed coins of the period and revealed a debasement of the currency far greater than historians had thought, with coins that had been pure silver before 90BC cut with up to 10 percent copper five years later.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2022/research-team-sheds-li.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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