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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4718565, member: 72790"]We had a discussion on this about a year ago on this site. There is some evidence, based on archaeological finds in the Holy Land, that Roman denarii were not commonly in circulation circa 30AD. Considering that the Caesarea drachmas of Tiberius looked like and weighed about the same as the denarius (though of a somewhat debased silver), the actual coin may have been one of those but such coins would have been rare in the city of Rome where it is believed that Mark wrote his Gospel for a largely Roman ( in the sense of residents of the city) audience, hence his use of "DENARION" (accusative case) rather than drachma, a denomination not in use in central Italy at this time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4718565, member: 72790"]We had a discussion on this about a year ago on this site. There is some evidence, based on archaeological finds in the Holy Land, that Roman denarii were not commonly in circulation circa 30AD. Considering that the Caesarea drachmas of Tiberius looked like and weighed about the same as the denarius (though of a somewhat debased silver), the actual coin may have been one of those but such coins would have been rare in the city of Rome where it is believed that Mark wrote his Gospel for a largely Roman ( in the sense of residents of the city) audience, hence his use of "DENARION" (accusative case) rather than drachma, a denomination not in use in central Italy at this time.[/QUOTE]
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