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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8544402, member: 24754"]What a coincidence, I just learned about this coin for the first time last night when reading up on early Republic coinage, and then you post this (I don't necessarily believe that Simulation Theory is correct, but sometimes I wonder <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin, and an important one to boot!</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I read about the coin on the Republic Currency Wikipedia page. You apparently have a more nuanced knowledge base on the coin, but they state that it was most likely commissioned by Rome and minted in Neapolis (a possibility that you stated). This is the example that they show for the first silver coin actually minted in Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>(From Wikipedia)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1509449[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1509448[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8544402, member: 24754"]What a coincidence, I just learned about this coin for the first time last night when reading up on early Republic coinage, and then you post this (I don't necessarily believe that Simulation Theory is correct, but sometimes I wonder o_O). Nice coin, and an important one to boot! Edit: I read about the coin on the Republic Currency Wikipedia page. You apparently have a more nuanced knowledge base on the coin, but they state that it was most likely commissioned by Rome and minted in Neapolis (a possibility that you stated). This is the example that they show for the first silver coin actually minted in Rome: (From Wikipedia) [ATTACH=full]1509449[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1509448[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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