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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4634153, member: 110504"]Hotwheelsearl started a pertinent subthread in Clavdivs's post, "Ancient Idiots: Ask the Experts Anything," relative the varying levels of literacy of "barbarous" (but often provincial) imitations of Roman coins. Valentinian ended the thread, up to now, with a concise summary of the primary dynamics involved. </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-idiots-ask-the-experts-anything.360637/page-7#post-4628008" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-idiots-ask-the-experts-anything.360637/page-7#post-4628008">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-idiots-ask-the-experts-anything.360637/page-7#post-4628008</a></p><p>Especially with the imitations of 3rd and 4th century prototypes, you get eloquent evidence of how thin the veneer of literacy was, out in the provinces. It would be great to know more about what the literacy levels are likely to have been, however generally, from one century (and era) to another.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4634153, member: 110504"]Hotwheelsearl started a pertinent subthread in Clavdivs's post, "Ancient Idiots: Ask the Experts Anything," relative the varying levels of literacy of "barbarous" (but often provincial) imitations of Roman coins. Valentinian ended the thread, up to now, with a concise summary of the primary dynamics involved. [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-idiots-ask-the-experts-anything.360637/page-7#post-4628008[/URL] Especially with the imitations of 3rd and 4th century prototypes, you get eloquent evidence of how thin the veneer of literacy was, out in the provinces. It would be great to know more about what the literacy levels are likely to have been, however generally, from one century (and era) to another.[/QUOTE]
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