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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1269019, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t know that we have figures on coin use but cash paid to soldiers tends to get spent and bulk incentives tend to get paid in gold rather than billon.&nbsp; I&#039;d guess that the coins were not very high value and required a number to buy things but that many more than a minuscule portion supported commerce.&nbsp; The fact that coins of really short term rulers like Marius and Laelianus survive at all suggests there was a constant demand for cash in the economy.&nbsp; Even a &#039;ruler&#039; like Aureolus with no desire to contest for the position felt the need to issue coins (in the name of Postumus) rather than just rely on previous supplies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t recall ever seeing an overstruck Gallic Empire coin.&nbsp; Anyone?&nbsp; Double struck is common as would be the case when working very fast but overstriking on a previous coin reduces the number of coins in circulation and this period seems to have been interested in making more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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