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To: Red Badger
Yeah, just checked it out at another site, mostly bronze. However, some were coated in silver.(?)

They think probably payroll.

Beats a bag of salt!

27 posted on 04/29/2016 8:09:02 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: going hot

Maybe the army had to make a hasty retreat,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


28 posted on 04/29/2016 8:13:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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To: going hot
Beats a bag of salt!

Are you alluding to the fact that the word "salary" comes from the Latin word salarium, meaning "salt-money?" Because Roman soldiers were famously paid a portion of their wages in salt?

Depending upon how debased the currency was at the time, an equal weight of salt might have been more valuable.

Regards,

43 posted on 04/29/2016 9:01:50 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: going hot

From the CNN link:

The initial hypothesis is that the coins were to be used to pay taxes to the Roman empire, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais.


45 posted on 04/29/2016 9:22:10 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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