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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 3092534, member: 56653&quot;]Without the markings of the Senate can we really be sure that these &quot;Mine coins&quot; were part of the official regular Roman monetary system? The design and the workmanship are obviously top notch, the celators were skilled professionals so they did serve an official purpose, but which?</p><p><br /></p><p>As they are connected more to particular places than emperors, it&#039;s perhaps likely that they were a local currency, to be used in the communities forming around the specific mines in Pannonia or Moesia. Their purpose might as such be similar to the Notgeld used locally in Germany and Austria after WW1.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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