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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3191474, member: 76194&quot;]You got your answer, Postumus. He minted 40-45% silver for a few years longer than his rival Gallienus, and then some 30% to 35% &quot;silver&quot; coins for the remainder of his reign, until about a year before his death where the silver content fell to roughly 13% to 5%.</p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt you&#039;ll get a better answer than that. Ultimately if you want coins that are 50% or more silver, you&#039;ll have to look at the early reign of Caracalla. By the time of Gordian III we&#039;re down to 45%. After Philip I, we are down to 40%, and only a few years later Roman coins stop looking silvery with Gallienus. Postumus managed to strike silvery looking coins for a little bit longer than that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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