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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 4119951, member: 86498"]I have read Kevins comment and did look up Harl Coinage in the Roman Economy particularly the chart 6.1 on page 127. In it he does point out that there was an increase in the fineness of the silver denarius under Severus Alexander from 45.11% to 50.56 %. (231-235 A.D).However the weight was dropped from 3.24 grms to 2.94 grms resulting in an increase of silver from 1.41 grms to 1.49 grms. However this reform did not bring the standard back to that of</p><p> Weight Fineness Silver content</p><p>Septimius 3.22 grms 56.28 % 1.98 grms</p><p>Caracalla 3.23 grms 51.32 % 1.81 grms</p><p>I am not certain that Carson is in fact correct though it is interesting that the final silver content at 1.49 grms is almost exactly half of the silver content of a Neronian denarius at 2.97 grms </p><p>Denarius of Severus Alexander232 A.D. Rv Spes advancing left. RIC 254 3.49 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1068158[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 4119951, member: 86498"]I have read Kevins comment and did look up Harl Coinage in the Roman Economy particularly the chart 6.1 on page 127. In it he does point out that there was an increase in the fineness of the silver denarius under Severus Alexander from 45.11% to 50.56 %. (231-235 A.D).However the weight was dropped from 3.24 grms to 2.94 grms resulting in an increase of silver from 1.41 grms to 1.49 grms. However this reform did not bring the standard back to that of Weight Fineness Silver content Septimius 3.22 grms 56.28 % 1.98 grms Caracalla 3.23 grms 51.32 % 1.81 grms I am not certain that Carson is in fact correct though it is interesting that the final silver content at 1.49 grms is almost exactly half of the silver content of a Neronian denarius at 2.97 grms Denarius of Severus Alexander232 A.D. Rv Spes advancing left. RIC 254 3.49 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1068158[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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