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I am a Roman merchant sometime during 2nd century ad. How old could the coins which were in circulation be? Would any officials mind if I had coins minted from say the time of the republic? Would there be any sort of mint which specialised in reminting old or foreign coins?

by /u/Joelainen in /r/AskHistorians

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