11-05-2010, 06:30 AM
I’m curious about the early imperial currency system. As governor of Pontus and Bythnia, Pliny writes to Trajan about the Roman denarius as the common currency (Letter 113, among others). Yet about a generation later and close to the same area Lucian uses the Greek obolus (Alexander 19).
What was the relationship between the denarius and obolus during the Principate?
What was the relationship between the denarius and obolus during the Principate?
David J. Cord
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