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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4545812, member: 98035"]From my experience, Valentinian IIIs are at least scarce, although I wouldn't call them rare exactly. Even though he ruled longer than Tiberius, the economy in the West was crumbling by the time he took office, and the mints under his control were only operating sporadically. His gold coins are only a little less common than Honorius or Arcadius, but I think I have only ever handled 3-5 Valentinian III bronzes for certain, compared to hundreds if not thousands of AE4's of his contemporaries.</p><p><br /></p><p>After his death, all semblance of a monetized economy evaporated - I have heard it claimed (and completely agree) that Otho minted more coins in three months than all emperors of Rome's final 25 years combined.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4545812, member: 98035"]From my experience, Valentinian IIIs are at least scarce, although I wouldn't call them rare exactly. Even though he ruled longer than Tiberius, the economy in the West was crumbling by the time he took office, and the mints under his control were only operating sporadically. His gold coins are only a little less common than Honorius or Arcadius, but I think I have only ever handled 3-5 Valentinian III bronzes for certain, compared to hundreds if not thousands of AE4's of his contemporaries. After his death, all semblance of a monetized economy evaporated - I have heard it claimed (and completely agree) that Otho minted more coins in three months than all emperors of Rome's final 25 years combined.[/QUOTE]
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