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carrying distinctive markings, not because they did not know about striking, but because it was not suitable for such large masses of metal.

Roman Republic: c. 500 – 27 BC

Roman adoption of metallic commodity money was a late development in monetary history. Bullion bars and ingots were used as money in Mesopotamia since the 7th millennium BC; and Greeks in Asia Minor

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