Coins
In about 269 B.C, Roman coins mintage begun, a
bronze casted disk-shaped coin. It became the fundamental unit of
the future monetary system. Later it would be replaced by a silver-coin,
the denarius.
Before and during Roman domination, many Iberian people minted their
own bronze and silver coins, in Iberian and Punic-Iberian areas. The
few and late specimens found in Conimbriga date from around 206 until
70-60 B.C.
The coins that circulated in Conimbriga would be closely related with
the Empire evolution and welfare. With the serious political crisis
of the third century, the number of circulating specimens increased
though their face value decreased: the sound denarius and sestertius
were replaced by the bullion - a silver washed copper coin.
|
