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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4612214, member: 73473"][USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER]</p><p>I think you are right. The denomination was brought back by Pupienus and Balbinus as an emergency measure to pay for the war against Thrax. Gordian’s administration would have been forced to continue to pay the army 1800 denarii per year(per legionary), or else they would have been killed. All that would explain why his coins, and every other mid to late 3rd century Emperor’s, coins are very common.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder how long Gordian’s denarii stayed in circulation? By the time of Decius and Gallus the antoninianus had roughly the same amount of silver in them as Gordian’s denarii did. So the question we all gotta ask is: were Gordian’s denarii hoarded or retariffed as antoninianii?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4612214, member: 73473"][USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER] I think you are right. The denomination was brought back by Pupienus and Balbinus as an emergency measure to pay for the war against Thrax. Gordian’s administration would have been forced to continue to pay the army 1800 denarii per year(per legionary), or else they would have been killed. All that would explain why his coins, and every other mid to late 3rd century Emperor’s, coins are very common. I wonder how long Gordian’s denarii stayed in circulation? By the time of Decius and Gallus the antoninianus had roughly the same amount of silver in them as Gordian’s denarii did. So the question we all gotta ask is: were Gordian’s denarii hoarded or retariffed as antoninianii?[/QUOTE]
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