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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 8230789, member: 81887&quot;]Actually, Nero did issue some semisses that were marked with an S as a denomination.&nbsp; The SC that is so common on Roman Imperial bronzes stands for Senatus Consulto, &quot;with the consent of the Senate&quot; as, while the Emperor controlled the gold and silver coinage, the Senate (nominally) controlled the bronze coinage.&nbsp; Bronze coinage in the Republic after the First Punic War had marks of value: I on the As, S on the Semis, four pellets on Triens, three pellets on Quadrans, two pellets on Sextans, and one pellet on the Uncia.&nbsp; That would probably be the earliest marked denomination on a bronze coin series, but I could be wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: And [USER=118540]@sand[/USER] has nicely illustrated the RR denomination series, while I was busy typing...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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