memedumpster - 2016-02-19
Neat!
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jfcaron_ca - 2016-02-19
When I saw the title I was thinking: "Oh cool this will be interesting!" But it turns out they made coins exactly the way you'd assume they made them...
One person in the YT comments claims that this is all wrong, that they actually cut coins out of flat pounded sheets, and trimmed the edges to calibrate weights.
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Oscar Wildcat - 2016-02-19 I get the impression they had some problems getting the metal hot enough to pour. It looks kind of chunky. As you say the mold was woefully inadequate. You could do better with a ladle and an iron cold plate, even.
If the Romans used dies, how did they make them? I think we all have some crude idea at least of how they are used. If there is a secret to the technology it would have been that.
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glasseye - 2016-02-21 Roman dies are almost entirely engraved, just like ancient Greek ones. We know they used dies, since we have visual evidence from carvings, and there are extant dies! Here's a 6th century Eastern Roman Empire die, made for striking bronze Follis's: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antiquitiesproject/4812589050
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That guy - 2016-02-19
how did they make hot dogs?
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