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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 4807137, member: 75482&quot;]In addition to the factors already mentioned, this Wikipedia article suggests that during the period of Rome&#039;s expansion, the primary source of silver was war booty and tribute. Italy had no significant geological deposits of silver. As suggested above, once the empire began to contract, the Roman mints had to rely on silver mines in the provinces which could provide some silver but not on the scale required for a silver-based monetary system.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_currency" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_currency" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_currency</a></p><p><br /></p><p>By contrast, Sasanian Iran, Rome&#039;s neighbor to the east, had access to very productive silver mines, striking enormous quantities of silver but relatively little gold or bronze.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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