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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2725916, member: 80783&quot;]Actually, according to C. Clay´s study, Macrinus´ Sestertii were struck with only 15 obverse dies in total, as compared to 11 Aureus dies (interestingly, the sole short-bearded Aureus die was also recut to show a long beard for the second emission, like the first Sestertius die!!). </p><p><br /></p><p>Consequently, Macrinus´ Sestertii nowadays are much closer to gold coins in rarity than to silver (as one would expect). ERIC II accordingly knows of only 38 Sestertii being publicly sold in the last 15 years as compared to 14 Aurei and no less than 405 Denari, a fact that shows that there must have been more than 200 Denarius dies in use.</p><p><br /></p><p>This shows that the production of Sestertii (and the even rarer Dupondii and Asses) during these years is not likely to have happened primarily out of economic reasons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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