Question

Why do you think the Roman govt stopped coining in silver ? What metal did it begin to use for coinage

Answer 1

Explanation:

The roman government stopped coining in silver because the Spanish silver mines were exhausted and the government ran out of sufficient stocks of the metal to support a stable coinage in silver.Gold, silver and bronze or copper were the coinage metals of the ancient world, and most medieval coins. All western histories of coins begin invention at some time slightly before or after 700 BC, in Aegina Island, or, according to others, in Ephesus, Lydia, 650 BC.