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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 3625987, member: 83175&quot;]There&#039;s certainly a period with very little silver, but not as long as 211 to 148 BC - as Alegandron illustrates, there are many issues of denarii in that period (and also many issues of bronze denominations only).</p><p><br /></p><p>With the end of the Second Punic War, the need for precious metal coinage was reduced, as it would have been mostly to pay for military operations.&nbsp;&nbsp; For this reason, I presume the Romans reverted somewhat to bronze coinage.&nbsp;&nbsp; The period with little or no silver minting seems to have lasted maybe fifteen or so years - I have the Harl book, but have yet to get far into it, so instead throw in a couple of snippets from Crawford.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2tciupp5SsPbBiFPqbKeuOnBMUmVyjJuMA2OgEko_MwGKZoFM9uZGkxMNvv-RL7m8af-Njfzsq_PwOLZvOgMsO8zWo0mA-bpN7ymR84qwb-8nf2F3nFaHQrim_7_qWINExTA-CONjWQ5AyOOkYuqJuvqso6zF1UMig7ZT_9MgzxcMEchVxp8owLY6rDA20SJldY8eUrF6luJze-MZ6yuMfBzuHyn62EDdWGgJinpoeH2zlM__JNGjRrrclB5WFiJnScvMztob7NfPdUa0_c2tzGnJ067tF2B5cFcgvaCTQz4yk97kGIsVBxES-PUE26dW7BMkR2M9NutSyDkvWfXVSPUg4R0ZqBfBH1QzANK7mx6zz1-DLO8AC8WxZJqlvp1fDhZp_L7cCHOn_t2x0wD5JTenH5pevDqqsvUivccF6jkORg6UwaG1Izry9kAKllgBDlHC3XAG-L5P_rGKbdmlJYTyhvDVmzR2AcH5FgQbXv3AqBm2MqyAItFRnE2FaxFml5n_prlX6mfmy27ya3e03tENAJJi8zgcBzieCForycNOtuSr2bS6-_4gt6nae6qNce14n1YD3Hnk6Mk_r0ejMmiGXttj1vum_QqBqMH59j6n-HecwIcEsiI9Wg0p176zwzgatLtJLch1iVBxWVAdhMBjr3ujqaH=w685-h956-no" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Silver coin production really ramped up again when the Macedonian silver mines were reopened from 158 and silver replaced bronze as the main medium of exchange.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QpojAaB-ocUWnShcqAIVqSHMAqfD-uKGM-5iE6twOfElm9LoTDgPbneSgnKeuML7828QE3L_Nhw2xO0DmPdGEaGhE1mvfjj2hQnL_SZ6MSEyySisxRo18_KcLiFdxbZVLH2EX_6TpZfgQ93frcJ9zhtR8gbUydZSl_j3R1qxDZeWprNd0CHX-G5SVel-aS_YLakJqGZE6VBNP67gJjzHg9CkMzdHvkl4MSC3hB6h2kDj_3BH2OBKKZqOIcR_i1wkQHiw95rg9Dyai4dQxPt0er5SL5I5G0Ib487K7JIXnZLHlMvrm5TPNHf4eZN0vIvqDUBatmawpbdGk34yE7jJJo5CbttFsLR2qYiuDoGaDhtUqAfR_l251nfR9sNtU7M6szsD7Aic4pCf3kHfYFRcwhcvmJQhM-6x-SxewCoBayuHjD7-k3nPByCsOHmMMHXsoGprL4UJAOiQZPJPhdrgaYPUS8ucZ5yIqlKmhERnE60w8EPYYZir4ggbhikmHuBl_G8jIts6g7WbMlYnBGQEGW0pJdmBjn8WKlw0ZgR_fOmycIaIRvLg43Bae6fm2jqeskQsEfq_J-2PydsTaGJiDiirJMR-D77OrwVEvbISzArNO7zWjiJ0V1bLauizjPL5DYe5rTM-UzkrayyC5JogPUxFKgL1lnA8=w734-h956-no" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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