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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3500721, member: 82616&quot;]Butcher and Ponting have shown that the silver that produced much of Vespasian&#039;s Rome mint silver coinage was the same composition as that struck late in Nero&#039;s reign through the Civil War at Rome. It likely came from recycled republican and early imperial stock, which explains why so many antiquarian types were revised during his reign. I&#039;m not sure where the myth that most, if not all of it, came from the sacked temple&#039;s wealth, which was seriously depleted upon Titus&#039; arrival after years of civil strife and siege. It sure makes a nice story for the pious though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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