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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2829787, member: 19463&quot;]I suspect Butcher and scientists like him would say a hoard of over 9000 silver coins of which only 160 were denarii is evidence that denarii were not a big part of the local economy.&nbsp; IMHO it is impossible to prove that anything does not exist.&nbsp; It is certainly possible to prove that I have not seen something but confusing the two is the worst kind of self serving egotism.&nbsp; I do not believe in space aliens but I can not prove none exist and am not willing to say I hope that if I am wrong one of them lands on my lawn tonight --- unless he is bringing gifts of ancient coins - then he is welcome.&nbsp; The study of ancient coins received a kick in the teeth when a hoard in the UK was broken down by the British Museum and found to contain the second ever seen coin of Domitian II.&nbsp; They then decided that it was time to apologize to the first known which had been declared a fake a hundred years earlier. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitianus_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitianus_II" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitianus_II</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone who really believes that they can prove anything about the coin shown to Jesus is misguided.&nbsp; That the event actually happened as opposed to being something of a parable is a matter of faith.&nbsp; Assuming that it did happen leaves the details open to study but also requires understanding the difference between proof and theory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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