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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 3624378, member: 83175&quot;]The denarius was retariffed from 10 to 16 asses in around 140BC.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is the time the XVI inscription appears.&nbsp;&nbsp; The XVI didn&#039;t last long, a barred X is often used and many later coins revert to X, but the value stayed at 16 asses.&nbsp;&nbsp; Pliny mentions the retariffing (NH xxxiii, 45) &quot;and it was decided that a denarius should exchange for sixteen asses&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; The topic is dealt with in Crawford&#039;s &quot;Coinage and Money under the Roman Republic&quot; from pages 144 to 148 - here&#039;s a snippet:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]971864[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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