Thoughts On This Roman "love Token?"

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paul27613 Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 08/19/2017 12:29 pm Ok. Let us assume this is not an expressionof love to a lady named XII. The base coin is an AE2 of Theodosius. Anyone ever seen something like this? Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/19/2017 1:21 pm At first I thought a Roman solider might have carved his Legion number on the coin. But Legion XVIII did not exist after the reign of Augustus. Might have been used as some type of gaming piece or a locker tag in a bath house. Report this Post to the Staff
Athalbert Pillar of the Community Spain 629 Posts	Posted 08/19/2017 5:01 pm I think that Echicento is right, I suppose that they used an obsolete coin to make this token... My grand father used obsolete copper coins with a mark as count tokens to control the number of olive bags picked up by his farmers... Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 08/19/2017 6:18 pm One of those items that incites our imagination. Very interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5174 Posts	Posted 08/20/2017 6:45 pm Quote: At first I thought a Roman solider might have carved his Legion number on the coin. But Legion XVIII did not exist after the reign of Augustus. XVIIII (19), not XVIII (18), but this doesn't change the conclusion. My first idea was that this was a case of the same Ostrogothic redenomination that somewhat infamously gave us sestertii of 83 nummi. I think those guys knew their substractive numerals, however (and besides, a denomination of 19 doesn't really fit in their system well). Even so, if the weight is consistent with that theory, it's a definite possibility. Other than that... hard to say. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/20/2017 6:59 pm Miss typed meant XVIIII. Report this Post to the Staff
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Thoughts On This Roman "Love Token?"