01-03-2015, 02:33 AM
It seems to me that the Late Roman empire had far too many types of coins. Some regions minted their own coins. Others might have preserved older coin models due to distance or lack of communication with other central regions of the Empire (Britannia comes to mind, probably preserving coins minted a century or more before as means of circulation).
My question is: if by chance a commoner had a coin from a distant region, say, Eastern Europe, and travelled to the furthest corner of Suebi-occupied, modern Portugal; would the value be the same in both places, because of the value of the metal used to mint it? Or would it value less, since it wasn't used in circulation as much as, say, the Suebi's ruler head on a Solidus?
My question is: if by chance a commoner had a coin from a distant region, say, Eastern Europe, and travelled to the furthest corner of Suebi-occupied, modern Portugal; would the value be the same in both places, because of the value of the metal used to mint it? Or would it value less, since it wasn't used in circulation as much as, say, the Suebi's ruler head on a Solidus?
Alan Beling
Creator of Rise of the Foederati
www.riseofthefoederati.com
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Creator of Rise of the Foederati
www.riseofthefoederati.com
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi...=907046271
