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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3525923, member: 80783&quot;]The best way to estimate the absolute number of Sestertii surviving of a certain type from the times of Nerva to Gallienus ist to take the respective number of specimens recorded in Banti (&quot;I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali) and multiply it by 3. </p><p>For this time period the respective numbers found in the Guelma hoard (published by R. Turcan, &quot;Le tresor de Guelma&quot;) aditionally show their respective proportion in the actual circulation (in North Africa at least) in the late 250´s. </p><p>As the numbers in both sources do tend to correlate rather closely (whatever is rare in Banti is usually not found in Guelma), the combination of both sources gives the best possible estimate of the relative distribution of actual coin production as far as Sestertii of the second and first half of the third centuries are concerned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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