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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3118779, member: 19463&quot;]The earliest coins of Aurelian were just as poorly made as late Gallienus on small flans.&nbsp; Shortly afterward he straightened out the problems at the mint requiring the workers there to do their jobs properly.&nbsp; This is known as the revolt of Felicissimus.&nbsp; A couple years later, we see the start of the coins marked XXI to indicate the coins contained the proper 20:1 alloy.&nbsp; I believe a collection of Aurelian needs at least one of the early, trashy coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]793067[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and piles of the later, better ones:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]793068[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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