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<p>[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 7689975, member: 75482"]The victims at Pompeii had substantial warning. This purse almost certainly represents a life savings. Many Republican denarii were still in circulation even after Nero reduced the net silver content of the denarius. If I remember correctly, it was really the debasement under Trajan that finally drove the earlier coins out of circulation. Smart savers in AD 79 would have selectively put away Republican and early imperial denarii while spending the more recent coins which had less intrinsic value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 7689975, member: 75482"]The victims at Pompeii had substantial warning. This purse almost certainly represents a life savings. Many Republican denarii were still in circulation even after Nero reduced the net silver content of the denarius. If I remember correctly, it was really the debasement under Trajan that finally drove the earlier coins out of circulation. Smart savers in AD 79 would have selectively put away Republican and early imperial denarii while spending the more recent coins which had less intrinsic value.[/QUOTE]
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