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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 554261, member: 9204&quot;]Drusus - I&#039;m gonna have to disagree with you on this one. I think coins were much more available in the ancient world than we&#039;ve been led to believe. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve spent the past six or so months researching the Roman economy, I have some good articles, if you&#039;re interested. PM me for those. In general, most of the scholars who write on the ancient economy are either not well versed with or completely ignorant of the numismatic evidence. Moses Finley, whose ideas formed the core of our thinking on this topic for nearly twenty years, went so far as to say that coins were strictly, &quot;a political phenomenon&quot; and were rarely used for commerce!</p><p><br /></p><p>For a very good examination of the topic, I HIGHLY recommend &quot;Coinage in the Roman Economy&quot; by Kenneth Harl.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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