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Rare Roman coin found in Acle only the second of its kind
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| Friday, February 8, 2013
| Lauren Rogers
Posted on 02/09/2013 4:38:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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The Roman coin donated by Acle Parish Council to Norwich Castle Museum
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02/09/2013 4:38:52 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: Renfield; nickcarraway
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They must be feelin' [bomp bomp] glad all over.
Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.
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posted on
02/09/2013 4:40:02 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
They describe the obverse and the reverse, but only show the obverse. Typical.
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02/09/2013 4:42:42 PM PST
by
null and void
(Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable tyranny.)
To: SunkenCiv
After he defeated Maxentius in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge, Constantine controlled the western half of the empire, but he was not ruler of the whole empire until 324.
Clodius Albinus is called a usurper because he lost out. Three men were vying for power--Septimius Severus, Clodius Albinus, and Pescennius Niger. Severus formed an alliance with Albinus until he defeated Niger--then he turned against Albinus and defeated him. Severus was a pretty nasty character and probably a lot of Romans would have been happier if Albinus had emerged the winner.
To: SunkenCiv
A close look at the coin reveals whyat appears to be a mint mark of “S” and the letters “VDB” on the obverse.
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02/09/2013 5:37:01 PM PST
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RedMDer
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To: SunkenCiv
The next coin they find will be in 3987 AD. It will be a copper coin with a bust of the Sultan of Britain, since the Moslems overpopulated all of Europe by the year 3000 AD and exterminated practically everyone else.
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posted on
02/09/2013 5:38:59 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Marchione.)
To: null and void; SunkenCiv
They describe the obverse and the reverse, but only show the obverse. Typical.I thought they do that on purpose to stop the counterfeiters.
To: null and void
They’re typical anti-reversites!
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02/09/2013 6:46:49 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: 17th Miss Regt
Also, my apologies for not linking to the larger image, which is here (but width-restricted in HTML). A right-click to open in new tab or new window allows a better look for anyone interested. Oh, in fact, I set the link up here so that it will just open in new tab/window by clicking on it.
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posted on
02/09/2013 6:51:01 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
Gee, an empire that ran on a hard currency, not fiat money. How odd....
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02/09/2013 6:55:10 PM PST
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central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: bigheadfred
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posted on
02/09/2013 6:55:37 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
How do you counterfeit gold?
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posted on
02/09/2013 6:57:52 PM PST
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central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SunkenCiv
thanks for doing that. I really appreciate people that go to some extra trouble in order to serve the group
To: Verginius Rufus
It’s interesting to me how the career and denouement of Clodius Albinus (and Magnus Maximus a.k.a. Macsen Wledig, and Carausius...) wound up getting conflated with several of the Arthurian legends, including one (perhaps little known) in which Arthur invaded the continent and never came back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus
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posted on
02/09/2013 7:08:26 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: central_va
Actually, central, by the time Constantine became emperor, Roman coinage was "silver washed" copper where it had been almost all silver 300 years earlier.
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posted on
02/09/2013 7:10:27 PM PST
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DeaconBenjamin
(A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're NOT talking real money)
To: DeaconBenjamin
You can see the green oxidation of copper on the coin.
So as the currency debases the empire declines. We are starting with worthless paper so we are screwed from the get go.
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02/09/2013 7:15:04 PM PST
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central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
We started with the Coinage Act of 1792. $10 gold was 247.5 grains of pure gold. $1 silver was 371.25 grains of pure silver. A gram is 15.4 grains.
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posted on
02/09/2013 7:45:26 PM PST
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DeaconBenjamin
(A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're NOT talking real money)
To: plain talk
My pleasure, and thanks for the kind remarks!
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posted on
02/09/2013 7:48:30 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
The quote on that image isn’t accurate.
The actual quote is: “The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.”
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posted on
02/09/2013 7:49:00 PM PST
by
Netizen
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