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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2687439, member: 76194&quot;]Gordian III and Philip I are very common (despite their short rules) because of the massive devaluation of the coinage shortly after their rules. People hoarded away the &quot;good silver&quot; when faced with the newer plated coins. You can say the same about Volusian and other very short lived emperors of the period. Despite their short reigns we find their coins very readily available, and the thing they have in common is that not long after their reigns the coins were grossly devaluated, which lends weight to the hoarding hypothesis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also keep in mind these were turbulent&nbsp; and violent times, and there was a lot of political instability, which is another factor that encourages hoarding of coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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