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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3743088, member: 99554&quot;]About your question, D.Van Meter wrote in his <i>Handbook of Romans Imperial coins </i>: « Within cities, a major outlet was the network of moneychangers, who performed many of the banking functions in Antiquity. Donatives, Imperial payrolls, and Imperial contracting also served to place new coins in circulation. In the provinces, the chief outlets were often army pay-masters and the treasury officials of the Imperial governors and legates, and later, barbarian kings. The delivery process from the Treasury was similar to that used for currency today. Coins were counted out and bagged in pre-defined quantities, and these&nbsp; bags were sealed with wooden or ivory tags. Apparently, bags of coins (folles nummorum) assumed something of the role of currency themselves late in the Imperial era, and were frequently used as a unit of account in certain large transactions. »[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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