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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2826464, member: 83845&quot;]Very cool article Sallent!&nbsp; Although the author seems to not have a 100% understanding of the nuances of the final results of the analysis (very understandable considering it is pretty confusing).&nbsp; It took me a while to make sense of it all while researching my new Crawford 44/5 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />... I love that coin!!</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Crawford the silver of the <i>very first </i>denarii most likely came from the silver looted from Syracuse and Capua in 212 and 211 BC respectively and shows a different geochemical signature from the silver mined in southern Spain. These were used to fund the ongoing fight with Hannibal in Italy as well as sending 12 tons of denarii with Scipio to conquer Hispania in ca. 210 BC. By then this loot was already starting to run out!</p><p><br /></p><p>In 209 BC Scipio captured Carthago Nova and took a huge amount of silver.&nbsp; It took a while for this silver to filter into the mints which started to strike coins with it ca. 208 BC. This is probably one of the reasons (along with hoard evidence and evidence from associated gold issues) why Crawford dates the first issue denarii running from about 211 to 208 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know you&#039;ve all probably seen it but ahhh what the heck... here it is again!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]665088[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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