Wow, they did not fuck with Ireland
Where Roman coins have been found
Submitted 3 weeks ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to history@lemmy.world
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
MoonManKipper@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nothing worth pinching
fubarx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t show the Han/Byzantine trade: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Roman_relations
Roman coins have been found as far east as Vietnam and Japan.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It looks like coins have been found on the sea routes that avoided the Parthian/Sassanian empires, but not on the overland routes. I’m guessing merchants exchanged their coins on the Roman/Persian frontier, beyond which the Iranian coinage was the local standard anyway; but in places like southern India (south of the Kushans and Guptas) which was politically fractured, Roman coinage became the de facto currency of exchange.
tatann@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
drolex@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Anybody got some juicy (scientific) context for SW India and Sri Lanka? Commerce I suppose but in details, what, how and when? And how are you BTW?
Rothe@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
A fascinating primary source is the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea(link to a complete translation in the article).
fubarx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There’s a book covering it:
zarixwolfgang@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I guess pepper is largely in the “what” mix
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Spices.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Wish I could see a map like this with the finds colored by mint date.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I live kind of in the middle of several finds in an area without any. I wonder if that means there aren’t any, or no one has bothered to seriously search for them.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Grab your shovel
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Already have a detector and permit. But I still need permission from the farmers/landowners and that’s trickier.
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Maybe it’s up to you to start digging
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
i like how they skipped over saudi arabia but got to yemen some how
d00ery@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wonder if it’s down to sea fairing and trade primarily.
Taniwha420@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, that seems to be the most likely explanation for how the coins got to India too. Egypt was the entry point into the Roman Empire, and there were maritime trade routes from the Red Sea to India.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Possible that there aren’t as many archeologic diggings there
Brainsploosh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Very cool map I haven’t seen before, thank you!
It’s so strange to me that the Romans went through central Europe, were they just taking the land route to the sea nations up north?
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Much of the coinage went as pay to soldiers stationed along the Danube and the Rhine, who then traded with people on both sides of the border.
drolex@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Amazing, thanks a lot.
buzz86us@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well after Rome fell the currency was worthless, what else would you do with them?
tychosmoose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The coinage had intrinsic value, being made of metals with a commodity value. So it’s not like holding a paper banknote when a government collapses. People would still have used them to hoard savings, for trade and melted down as a source of precious metals.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Southern Italy has always been poor. Water, infrastructure and so on
FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
The source of the map is not provided in the OOP.
I think it’s very likely this map is biased in reporting.
I’ve heard roman coins are really common in some southern regions of italy. Perhaps to the point where finding them isn’t reported, and doesn’t end up on this map.
CatpainTypo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’d have guessed more would have been found in southern Italy.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Can’t find them in a place that you don’t look.
Rather, that part of Italy might not be interested in looking (or might not be publicizing when they do).
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure they would.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The reason for that is that people in the heart of the empire didn’t feel the need to hoard coins and bury them since they weren’t nearly as exposed to barbarian threats (and others) like the areas on the fringes of the empire.
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dude the vast majority of coins found weren’t buried intentionally.
By some estimates there were BILLIONS of Roman coins minted. They’re absolutely all over the place.