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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 26062676, member: 128351&quot;]The antoninianus was created under Caracalla, probably in 213 or 214. This coin was officially worth 2 denarii, but contained only 150% of a denarius&#039; silver content (roughly). With the same amount of silver the imperial mint could produce 30 denarii or 20 antoniniani worth 40 denarii.</p><p>There was a problem with these coins. Caracalla, Macrinus could have minted a majority of antoniniani, but they are relatively scarce: these emperors minted a majority of denarii. Their successor Elagabalus stopped the production : there are antoniniani of Elagabalus dated 218 and 219, but no 220, 221 and 222. There are no undated specimens on which his portrait would be bearded. We can say Antoniniani were abandoned c. 219.</p><p>There are no antoniniani of Severus Alexander or Maximinus. Suddenly the production resumed in Rome in 238, under the short-lived regime of Balbinus and Pupienus, and their successor Gordian III mass-produced them, while denarii were becoming scarce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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