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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2441497, member: 75525&quot;]Nice coin and even better with the old collection tag with some reference to where it was found.</p><p>I am not sure why the Romans concentrated on silver and larger bronze, but they may have been more interested in paying soldiers and did not want to spend efforts on small change. I recently read an interesting article:</p><p>&quot;The value of coinage in the Second Punic War and after&quot; by Clare Rowan.</p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/6027314/The_value_of_coinage_in_the_Second_Punic_War_and_after_in_C._Rowan_and_A._Bokern_eds_Embodying_Value_The_Transformation_of_Objects_in_and_from_the_Ancient_World_British_Archaeological_Reports_2014_77-88" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/6027314/The_value_of_coinage_in_the_Second_Punic_War_and_after_in_C._Rowan_and_A._Bokern_eds_Embodying_Value_The_Transformation_of_Objects_in_and_from_the_Ancient_World_British_Archaeological_Reports_2014_77-88" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/6027314/The_value_of_coinage_in_the_Second_Punic_War_and_after_in_C._Rowan_and_A._Bokern_eds_Embodying_Value_The_Transformation_of_Objects_in_and_from_the_Ancient_World_British_Archaeological_Reports_2014_77-88</a></p><p>This author states the Romans removed all silver issued by others and re-issued it as RR coins. Some cities were allowed to continue to mint bronze and older bronze was not removed from circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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