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<p>[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 8354258, member: 44106"]There are lots of examples: </p><ul> <li>Countermarked coinage "NCAPR" etc. for earlier bronze sestertii to circulate at the value of a dupondius during the 2d century AD</li> <li>The Marc Antony legionary denarii (and other Republican coinage) often showing up, well worn, in hoards that were deposited in the 2d and 3d centuries</li> <li>There were a few recent threads about Roman siliquas being clipped to pass for Anglo-Saxon coinage</li> <li>I have also read some posts here about larger 2d and 3d century bronzes being incised with XII to pass for coinage in Byzantine times.<br /> </li> <li>Lastly, I will confirm what [USER=72790]@kevin McGonigal[/USER] said above - that Roman coinage was likely used in the 1800s both in the Old and New Worlds for small change. Especially in the American and French colonies, jetons, tokens and all types of bronze and copper coinage was used before real mints got established and the need small change for everyday transactions outpaced what the mother country could provide. There was a post here about someone finding a late Roman bronze in the Southern US, and I also remember seeing 4th century Roman coins excavated at Fort York in Toronto (built around the early 1800s) on display the last time I was there.</li> </ul><p>There have also been instances (including some posted on this forum) of later coinage designs being influenced by what must have been earlier hoard finds - Norman follaro coins showing a lion's scalp likely influenced by finds of Greek staters from Leontini, or late Roman bronze coins influencing early medieval coinage in the UK. Although this doesn't validate that earlier coins circulated as acceptable during these times, they continued to inspire celators in later centuries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 8354258, member: 44106"]There are lots of examples: [LIST] [*]Countermarked coinage "NCAPR" etc. for earlier bronze sestertii to circulate at the value of a dupondius during the 2d century AD [*]The Marc Antony legionary denarii (and other Republican coinage) often showing up, well worn, in hoards that were deposited in the 2d and 3d centuries [*]There were a few recent threads about Roman siliquas being clipped to pass for Anglo-Saxon coinage [*]I have also read some posts here about larger 2d and 3d century bronzes being incised with XII to pass for coinage in Byzantine times. [*]Lastly, I will confirm what [USER=72790]@kevin McGonigal[/USER] said above - that Roman coinage was likely used in the 1800s both in the Old and New Worlds for small change. Especially in the American and French colonies, jetons, tokens and all types of bronze and copper coinage was used before real mints got established and the need small change for everyday transactions outpaced what the mother country could provide. There was a post here about someone finding a late Roman bronze in the Southern US, and I also remember seeing 4th century Roman coins excavated at Fort York in Toronto (built around the early 1800s) on display the last time I was there. [/LIST] There have also been instances (including some posted on this forum) of later coinage designs being influenced by what must have been earlier hoard finds - Norman follaro coins showing a lion's scalp likely influenced by finds of Greek staters from Leontini, or late Roman bronze coins influencing early medieval coinage in the UK. Although this doesn't validate that earlier coins circulated as acceptable during these times, they continued to inspire celators in later centuries.[/QUOTE]
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