Posted 05/06/2014 07:42 am
It is a so-called "Limes" denarius. Minted in bronze and believed to have been used as tokens to pay the troops on frontiers when the regular silver coin was unavailable. Meeting payroll was considered vital to keep the moral high and loyalty to the 'regime' secure.
Perhaps they were redeemable in the camp commissaries where troops would purchase ordinary items (socks and tunics etc) I doubt the merchants would have accepted these for more "important" things like good wine and or perhaps 'ladies' unless there was some sort of ironclad guarantee that they might be redeemed at a later date for the real thing !
Perhaps they were redeemable in the camp commissaries where troops would purchase ordinary items (socks and tunics etc) I doubt the merchants would have accepted these for more "important" things like good wine and or perhaps 'ladies' unless there was some sort of ironclad guarantee that they might be redeemed at a later date for the real thing !
