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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;curtislclay, post: 8162710, member: 89514&quot;]According to Butcher and Ponting, The Denarius in the Second Century, Num. Chron. 2012, pp. 73-4, the fineness of the denarius was lowered late in the reign of Antoninus Pius, perhaps enough (my suggestion not theirs) to make it profitable for Marcus and Verus to recoin Antony&#039;s legionary denarii between 161 and 169.</p><p><br /></p><p>Their results: From his accession in 138 until 156, the denarii of Antoninus Pius were issued on the first Neronian standard of fineness of c. 79%, the same as Trajan&#039;s denarii from 99-117, and Hadrian&#039;s denarii from 128-138.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 156, however, the fineness of the denarius decreased to about 74%, and in 157 to 70%, where it remained until Antoninus&#039; death in 161 and then for most of the reign of Marcus Aurelius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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