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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4296039, member: 26302&quot;]Depends on how you use coins and what you were used to. Coinage was an evolution. It started with impossibly tiny to huge pieces. However, even outside Rome like Parthia coinage started to converge to what works best. That is lots of options for small change which the vast majority of people use, and gold for large sums. They never got bigger really worldwide until new technology allowed exploitation of massive new reserves of silver and gold starting around 1500 or so. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another aspect is what [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] talked about. Romans had a copper background. They picked up the idea of a denarius from the Magna Graecia neighbors, but concentrated on copper small change. I think that has a role as well. If Magna Graecia had more of a history of large silver MAYBE Rome would have had some.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my thoughts on the subject, and as such could be completely wrong. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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