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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8162982, member: 19463&quot;]A few questions for Curtis or anyone who has something to say:</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone done a metal study of the Trajan restorations? Do they match the regular issues?&nbsp; Do the known examples come mixed with other coins or have they survived separately?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Reka Devnia hoard totals list 29 Mark Antony denarii but 20 of them were the Restorations which seems about right for a regular issue mixed into normal circulation.&nbsp; Do you see any significance in this number? Nine very worn coins (4 slick) in the huge hoard suggests long circulation before they were added to the chest. </p><p><br /></p><p>When do Antony coins start being found in mixed hoards?&nbsp; I would expect them to be spent rather than saved for the most part until they were demonetized (first by Trajan or did they get removed earlier?).&nbsp; Of course this answer might be better if we considered if the hoard seemed to be a savings account rather than a cash register or charitable donation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhere earlier in this thread, someone asked why Aurelius/Verus issued the 200 year coin in the form of the Antony rather than a coin of Augustus or, perhaps, Agrippa.&nbsp; I can&#039;t help thinking someone enjoyed the need to spell out Antonius and Augur. Opinion?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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