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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2489837, member: 73473&quot;]I agree with you whole heartedly but we do have evidence of the declining quality and purchasing power of the &quot;Byzantine&quot; follis. Coins (Folles) struck during relative times of peace and prosperity tend to be heavier in weight and better struck as a general rule. Compare this Maurice Tiberius follis to this one of Constantine IV.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526814[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526815[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Eastern Roman territories of the former Western Roman Empire were a backwater, especially after the reign of Maurice. Most mints had to rely on their own sources of metal and struck coins in smaller amounts compared to their eastern counterparts. Coupled with the fact that until Constans II there hadn&#039;t been a field army in Italy since Tiberius Constantine was Emperor, there wasn&#039;t a great demand to churn out as much metal as possible to pay the troops as let&#039;s say Constantinople or Cyzicus. So maybe they took some time to make their coins look somewhat decent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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