Monuments to JMC

79. AD 742
This MONUMENT TO JMC commemorates the minting of the first (of many) coins bearing JMC's image. He chose the smallest possible denomination on the grounds that even the most impoverished citizen would be able to carry his icon with him at all times.

	79. AD 742 This MONUMENT TO JMC commemorates the minting of the first (of many) coins bearing JMC's image. He chose the smallest possible denomination on the grounds that even the most impoverished citizen would be able to carry his icon with him at all times.
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