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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 7925931, member: 112342&quot;]Unlike modern mints, where you have 24/7 CCTV surveillance at every corners or the metal detectors that the workers have to go through, in the olden days do you think some workers would just &#039;pocket&#039; some of their work on their way home?</p><p>I know that some of them were corrupt, for instance during the reign of Aurelian, although that was systemic. </p><p>What sort of supervision would&#039;ve been there? </p><p>It&#039;s not unreasonable to think they&#039;d just swallow a couple of silver/gold coins and retrieve them the next day (much easier with those tiny Greek fractionals).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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