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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3372586, member: 19463&quot;]I have always been amazed at how few Roman coins were ordered out of circulation following the defeat of their issuer.&nbsp; As I understand it, Augustus disallowed the EID MAR coins of Brutus as Septimius Severus did the coins of Pescennius Niger.&nbsp; I do not have links discussing or confirming either of those orders.&nbsp; We hear that Caracalla ordered the destruction of portraits of Geta but the number of surviving coins do not suggest this was a very effective ban.&nbsp; Does anyone have links to discussions of such demonitizations from these or other reigns?&nbsp;&nbsp; I was once told that the continued circulation of defeated opponents served as a reminder that the winner defeated the losers but I have no link on that idea either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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