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To: SunkenCiv

Roman coins can’t have “face value” in today’s terms. Neither Rome nore the monetary units Rome used exist any longer.


3 posted on 04/22/2023 1:00:39 AM PDT by Theophilus (It's fake and defective)
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To: Theophilus
Roman coins can’t have “face value” in today’s terms. Neither Rome nore the monetary units Rome used exist any longer.

I think they spelt numismatic value wrong.

9 posted on 04/22/2023 5:10:47 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Das dicke Ende kommt noc!)
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To: Theophilus

The weight of the silver is its only demarcation of value today.

It would be nice if they unearthed a price list of things, maybe Pompeii, that would tell us of the value of the coins at that time....................


26 posted on 04/24/2023 5:29:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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