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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2288009, member: 73473&quot;][USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] From 337 to 367 Siliquae were 90-94% silver. Emperor Valentinian I raised the purity to 98-99% in 367. We can tell this by the addition of PS on the mint mark. PS means Pecunia Sacra or sacred money, which in context means &quot;refined silver&quot;. This is very identical&nbsp; to the OB on Solidii mint marks as well.</p><p>Unfortunately this standard was not always met, one report showed that some coins fell below that standard and one Siliqua was made of base metal, though I personally think those are outliers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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