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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 3577652, member: 86498"]Caracalla Ae Sestertius Rv.Mars stg l. RIC 490a 211 A.D.[ATTACH=full]954050[/ATTACH] The apparent lack of aes coinage at this time is a bit of a mystery as there is a similar phenomenon during much of the reign of Claudius and the first part of the reign of Nero. There could be a number of reasons for this and at this time I am simply speculating with little or no evidence to back what I say up. So beware.</p><p>1. The Romans preferred to mint precious metal coins and would only mint aes if they had bills to pay but no readily available precious metal.</p><p>2. Could be evidence for imperial financed building programs within Rome itself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 3577652, member: 86498"]Caracalla Ae Sestertius Rv.Mars stg l. RIC 490a 211 A.D.[ATTACH=full]954050[/ATTACH] The apparent lack of aes coinage at this time is a bit of a mystery as there is a similar phenomenon during much of the reign of Claudius and the first part of the reign of Nero. There could be a number of reasons for this and at this time I am simply speculating with little or no evidence to back what I say up. So beware. 1. The Romans preferred to mint precious metal coins and would only mint aes if they had bills to pay but no readily available precious metal. 2. Could be evidence for imperial financed building programs within Rome itself.[/QUOTE]
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