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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2317005, member: 19463&quot;]I believe a lot of it is timing.&nbsp; The end of the denarius and takeover by the antoninianus probably resulted in a shortage of circulating silver so the expenses of the army could not be met by coin on hand.&nbsp; The start of the really bad debasement also drove many people to put away the better silver coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>The odd part to me is how few rare types of Gordian III there are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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