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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2646231, member: 75525&quot;]The length of coin circulation varied with time, quality of the coin and who was in power.</p><p>I have seen where the widows mites circulated for centuries. These were light weight bronzes that traded by wieght.</p><p>In reports of hoards from Republican Rome, it was common for coins 100 years apart to be in one hoard. </p><p>The denarius of Brutus, the EID MAR, were collected and melted. I assume that is why there are so few today. </p><p>Mark Anthony&#039;s legionary denarii were low weight and poor silver. They circulated well into the imperial era. </p><p>The silver content of the denarius dropped from 2.7 grams at the time of Antoninius Pius to 1.5 grams during Gordian III. I suspect old coins were hoarded or melted during this 100 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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