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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7773401, member: 115909&quot;]As someone interested in the topic I was reading a research paper about debasement of the Roman silver denarius and I found something very interesting:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1333280[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently Roman denarii minted in/near Rome were higher purity silver than denarii minted further from Rome but still minted under the Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this very interesting because it means despite all the charts showing the purity of a denarius under Augustus, Nero, etc., it means it was a lot more complicated than that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It also seems very useful because coin collectors like us can know that if one of our denarius coins is of high purity for a given time period it means it likely circulated in or near Rome whereas if we have a less pure denarius for the same time period it means it likely was minted further from Rome and circulated in the provinces most likely.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway I thought it was interested and I hope someone else does too![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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