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Not to beat a dead horse, but that coin looks debased, too. Much more of the pale gold silvery-gold electrum mix than the higher purity gold seen in contemporary Roman gold coins. (View Post)

The Dawn of Coinage has always fascinated me: there was no money, then folks traded raw nuggets, then proto-coins, then money that we would recognize all within a lifetime. My icon, and another of my… (View Post)

Here's an interesting 2005 academic paper of the archeological record of coins found at Dacia. The large number of imitation coins in particular: _The outbreak of copying of the Roman coinage in Daci… (View Post)

To my admittedly inexpert eyes, it looks like one of those contemporary Celtic copies of Roman coinage, where they got some symbology right, and some not so much. They weren't trying to deceive, they… (View Post)

How can you not think of Thanksgiving and being thankful with the oak leaves, native Americans, and autumnal toning... (View Post)