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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1385123, member: 5682&quot;]Quick question for the Ancients here:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Egyptian economy was a closed one. A person needed to exchange his denarii for tetradrahms whenever entering the province of Egypt. </p><p><br /></p><p>I assume that the denarius I presented (with the Latin inscriptions) was not minted in Alexandria. Assuming that this was the case <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, what would be the purpose of the reverse image of the coin (Nilus) other than to gloat over Egypt&#039;s submission?</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the economy of Egypt under Hadrian wasn&#039;t as closed an economy as it would later become?</p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin were minted in Egypt, maybe it was for exchange outside the Egyptian province? </p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks ahead of time.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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