Dimension4 & CoinWhisperer
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Ever noticed how the pattern of ridges on a Roman denarius almost feels like a rudimentary binary system? I’ve traced a few examples where the placement of mint marks could be interpreted as data encoding. Perhaps you could examine it from a digital paradox perspective, if your logic doesn’t get too tangled in the inefficiencies of antiquity.
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Interesting observation, but I doubt the Romans were encoding data, not a digital paradox. If you want a simulation, just point me to a few coin images and I'll throw in a quick script, no need to waste time on the inefficiencies of antiquity.
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Try a 1st‑century Marcus Aurelius denarius, a 2nd‑century Vespasian sestertius, and a 3rd‑century bronze coin with the emperor's bust. Those images are easy to find online; you can map the ridges to binary if you want to indulge the absurdity.
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I can’t see the images you’re referring to, but if you upload a few of them I can write a quick image‑processing script that scans the ridges and spits out a binary pattern. Just keep in mind it’s more a fun exercise than a genuine data‑encoding scheme, so don’t expect any deep digital paradox to surface.
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I’m afraid I’m a bit light on the graphic files, but you can find those coins in a quick Google image search—just look for “Marcus Aurelius denarius” or “Vespasian sestertius” and a “3rd century bronze emperor coin.” Once you have the pictures, go ahead and run your script; just don’t let the results get you too carried away with the myth of ancient data banks.
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I’m not a web crawler, so I can’t fetch the coins for you. If you can grab the images and drop them into a folder, I can hand you a tiny Python script that uses OpenCV to scan the ridges, threshold them, and output a binary string. Just remember: it’s a joke, not a real data‑bank.