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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 749576, member: 5682&quot;]Doug: I appreciate what you wrote about the longevity of circulation of Ancient coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>The specific coin discussed in this example is the famous Marc Antony denarius from 31 BCE, which according to your well-written article, was used in circulation long after the battle:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Our final Imperatorial (and Republican) coin was issued in the period just before the Battle of Actium by the loser of this final fight for control of Rome. This final battle was to be at sea and Antony&#039;s sailors were paid in these coins showing a warship and military standards. Antony was short on resources to pay such huge sums so he added copper to the silver used for these coins. The alloy was, therefore, debased. After the battle (and Antony) had been lost, these coins remained in circulation. The fact that they were not good silver caused them to remain in circulation until the debasement of the regular Roman coinage reached the same level and made them desirable to be buried in hoards. Legionary denarii of Antony are common in hoards deposited over 200 years after their issue. Many of these coins are worn slick.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This is taken from Doug Smith&#039;s informative article on the web: :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/voc2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/voc2.html" rel="nofollow">http://dougsmith.ancients.info/voc2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Doug, for your sharing your vast knowledge on this subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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