Long Table 155. Changes in the Use of Roman Money in the Mid-Republican Age
Channel: American Numismatic Society
Date: 2023-09-18

Important hoards related to the foundation of sacred spaces and dating to the third century BCE have been recently found throughout the Romanized areas of Latium vetus, maritime Etruria, and Sardinia. Such deposits point to a rather weak “economic” approach to the use of money by the Roman State. Maria Cristina Molinari, Chief Curator at the Capitoline Museums, will discuss this practice and the emergence of a more “rational” approach in the years of Second Punic War, when minting authorities became aware of the monetary value of these gifts to the gods.