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What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them

What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them

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·January 16, 2025
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twojacobtwo

Interesting article/excerpt, but like >95% of it is disconnected from the title. The first half is basically a historical tale relating where the word 'money' comes from.

TLDR:

- A single list of names from 115 AD/CE reveals that about half the people at the mint were slaves.

- The dies used were hand cut with simple chisel tools and no magnification (lenses) available, so they must have been masters of the craft who would probably become nearsighted by the end of their careers.

- It took 3 people to actually stamp each coin (1 for upper die, 1 for lower die, 1 to hammer), so there were likely many teams of 3 in the mint, given the amount of coins produced.