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<p>[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 7666857, member: 91820"]I always assumed that since the soldiers were paid in silver and gold, Septimius could care less about the bronze, the coin of the provincial hoi polloi (am I using that correctly? - I don't know the Latin equivalent). But what about the poorer people of Rome? I have not a clue as to why he struck any sestertii at all during this period - it sure wasn't to satisfy the needs to future coin collectors. All I can think of is that these were special celebrations but why aren't there more of them?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 7666857, member: 91820"]I always assumed that since the soldiers were paid in silver and gold, Septimius could care less about the bronze, the coin of the provincial hoi polloi (am I using that correctly? - I don't know the Latin equivalent). But what about the poorer people of Rome? I have not a clue as to why he struck any sestertii at all during this period - it sure wasn't to satisfy the needs to future coin collectors. All I can think of is that these were special celebrations but why aren't there more of them?[/QUOTE]
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