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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7679688, member: 84905"]Same here. I never liked the term Aurelianus. The article of 1974 by Daniel Sperber discusses an inscription that refers to the time of Diocletian. The term Bicharactus (double stamped) is mentioned in the context of Diocletian's reforms. It is entirely unclear, if the term refers to a name for coins, let alone is it clear that the term was used nearly a hundred years earlier at the time of Elagabalus. </p><p><br /></p><p>What is of course true is the following. The Antoniniani were below par to the Denari. So one Antoninian was never equal to two Denari and the exchange value deteriorated further since the introduction of the Antoninian by Caracalla. </p><p><br /></p><p>That means that according to Gresham's law, which states that bad money drives out good money, the people hoarded Denari and tried to pass on Antoniniani. For coin collectors that means that well preserved Antoniniani, i.e. Antoniniani in mint state or uncirculated condition should be particularly rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7679688, member: 84905"]Same here. I never liked the term Aurelianus. The article of 1974 by Daniel Sperber discusses an inscription that refers to the time of Diocletian. The term Bicharactus (double stamped) is mentioned in the context of Diocletian's reforms. It is entirely unclear, if the term refers to a name for coins, let alone is it clear that the term was used nearly a hundred years earlier at the time of Elagabalus. What is of course true is the following. The Antoniniani were below par to the Denari. So one Antoninian was never equal to two Denari and the exchange value deteriorated further since the introduction of the Antoninian by Caracalla. That means that according to Gresham's law, which states that bad money drives out good money, the people hoarded Denari and tried to pass on Antoniniani. For coin collectors that means that well preserved Antoniniani, i.e. Antoniniani in mint state or uncirculated condition should be particularly rare.[/QUOTE]
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