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With B.C. and A.D.,need help!!!!!!!!!this is a riddle

2006-11-29 23:11:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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BECAUSE BEFORE THE COMING OF CHRIST (BC) THE COIN MAKER COULD NOT KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE ANOTHER 55 YEARS UNTIL HE ARRIVED. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

2006-11-29 23:16:51 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0 0

It may be a riddle, but it is incomplete. For it to be a riddle it must say the coins was dated 55 BC, (with the BC on the coin). I have many coins in my collection dated precisely to 45 BC or 63 BC, but they are not marked that way.

2006-11-30 04:15:30 · answer #2 · answered by medoraman 3 · 0 0

People who made coins in 55BC did not know that they lived in the "BC" era. They probably dated their coins from the foundation of the city of Rome, although in other places there were different start dates for the calendar in use locally. The term BC did not come into use until the 4th or 5th century AD. BC can be translated "before Christ". AD is short for the latin words "anno domine", which means "before the Lord

2006-11-29 23:16:44 · answer #3 · answered by Tony B 6 · 1 0

it was made from plastic??

2006-11-29 23:21:32 · answer #4 · answered by MR B 3 · 0 0

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