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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1224830, member: 19463&quot;]Middle row right is Divus Marcus Aurelius DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS making it the latest coin in the group (providing the date of not earlier than 180 for the deposit).&nbsp; To my eye, the oddballs here are the two Nervas which seem less worn than one might expect from their date.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>From the article: &quot;Twenty-one denarii in the late second century represented a substantial sum being roughly one tenth of a ranking auxiliary’s gross annual salary and the equivalent of perhaps two or three thousand pounds in today’s money.&quot;&nbsp; I realize that we are amid serious inflation but this is higher than we usually see denarii converted into &quot;today&#039;s money&quot;.&nbsp; I know nothing of the pay rates for a &quot;ranking auxiliary&quot; but assume they made less than a Roman legionary of equal rank.<font face="inherit"></font></p><p><font face="inherit"><br /></font></p><p><font face="inherit"><br /></font></p><p><font face="inherit"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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