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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 7744426, member: 75482&quot;]Perhaps contemporary counterfeits produced by a fairly sophisticated illicit mint? While the silver content dropped to about 35% during the reign of Trebonianus Gallus, there was still substantial profit to be made with base imitations. As the silver content continued to fall in the reigns that followed, earlier coins such as those of Gallus, would have been worth a substantial premium in the marketplace. I think [USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER] may have been on track in his opening post. Though well before the real beginning of the &quot;barbarous radiates&quot;, the reign of Gallus falls at the cusp of the economic crisis that led to the wave of epidemic counterfeiting in the 270s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[edit] I will also note that a hoard of official coins of Gallus produced at the Antioch mint and published by Metcalf in 1977 (ANSMN 22) exhibited crude style and frequent spelling errors, suggesting hasty wartime production. Food for thought.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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