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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25273103, member: 101855&quot;]My guess is the Roman Empire was not a lot different from the American British colonies in the 1700s, and the young United States up until the later 1800s. People used the coins and tokens they had available. That included U.S. coins, foreign coins, privately made tokens and even stuff as old as Pine Tree Shillings that were struck in the 1600s. </p><p><br /></p><p>Communication was by word of mouth, and many people living in the Roman Empire couldn&#039;t read. They used what was there. If it was some old denarius from a long dead emperor, so what? </p><p><br /></p><p>Not all of the coins from the era were made of &quot;junk.&quot; One of my favorites in the siliqua which was made of good silver. Maybe these didn&#039;t circulate that much. I have been able to buy high grade examples, but the emperors were issuing them. Here&#039;s an example, a Julian II siliqua. Julian ruled from 360 to 363.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612873[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Siliqua of Julian II, Obverse: <b>D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG</b> “Our lord Flavius Claudius Julianus, dutiful, patriotic Augustus” <b>VOT X MVLT XX </b>“vows (prayers) to the tenth anniversary (of the emperor’s rule) or the hoped for twentieth anniversary.” Latin words: “Votis Decennalibus Multis Vicecennalibus[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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