Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3122683, member: 75937&quot;]Common denarii from the first and second centuries AD are a good choice. They often depict people who are extremely famous, such as Vespasian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794895[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794897[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794898[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794899[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And Commodus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794900[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, they are silver, available for less than $100 in F or VF, and they were the standard silver denomination used in Rome for centuries. They are mentioned in the Bible as the standard day&#039;s wages for a laborer* and it&#039;s therefore easy to imagine their purchasing power in their time.</p><p><br /></p><p>*For example, Matthew 20:2: συμφωνήσας δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐργατῶν ἐκ <b>δηναρίου</b> τὴν ἡμέραν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ. (&quot;And after agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.&quot;)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in