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<p>[QUOTE="Theoderic, post: 7320090, member: 110471"]I was thinking really of the part-time individuals who must have existed in every Roman town that, if you needed to change denarii to aureii, knew a guy who knew a guy. Maybe old Lucius who ran the corner wine shop or so-in-so's shifty brother-in-law up the street. There were more professional merchants who operated in the big cities and at festival times, and they may have been focused more on the denarii/drachm type of trade, but regardless of who you dealt with you'd face the same problem of losing on the exchange rate. However, no doubt there were specific situations such as you pointed out, military service or other long distance travel, that would make that loss worthwhile.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Theoderic, post: 7320090, member: 110471"]I was thinking really of the part-time individuals who must have existed in every Roman town that, if you needed to change denarii to aureii, knew a guy who knew a guy. Maybe old Lucius who ran the corner wine shop or so-in-so's shifty brother-in-law up the street. There were more professional merchants who operated in the big cities and at festival times, and they may have been focused more on the denarii/drachm type of trade, but regardless of who you dealt with you'd face the same problem of losing on the exchange rate. However, no doubt there were specific situations such as you pointed out, military service or other long distance travel, that would make that loss worthwhile.[/QUOTE]
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