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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7927234, member: 84905&quot;]I think the events of AD 253 have let to a serious deterioration in the quality of coins. The year almost strikes me as a watershed that devides reasonably good silver coins from significantly worse coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins of Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian were usually well struck on debased, but still silvery silver. Aemilianus&#039; coins are noticeably worse. While the die sinkers still produced nice engravings, I think the quality of the minting and the silver standard deteriorated noticeably.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This continued under Valerian I and Gallienus. Often dies were overused, the metal deterioated to a greyish billon and engravings were of very variable quality. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had not realised before that 253 marked such a significant step down in the quality of Roman silver coins, and presumably of overall economic conditions, despite of course the gradual decline that happened before and after.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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