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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Suarez, post: 3510006, member: 99239&quot;]<i>&quot;Antoninus Pius had a debasement from 2.5 to 2.25 grams 10%. Not unlike currently managed inflation especially considering the length of reigns. Septimius&#039; debasement went from 2.15 grams to 1.48 grams. That&#039;s 30%. A lot steeper and much more likely to cause ripples in an economy.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This caught my eye - where are you getting these figures from? The average weight of the denarius during Septimius Severus was 3.1g. This is easily verifiable. And, in any case, that would be a module reduction rather than debasement.</p><p><br /></p><p>From my reckoning silver debasement from the time of Nero onwards was very, very gradual across all reigns. Only Nero and Domitian, briefly, stepped in with changes big enough that the public took notice. This is a strong indication that imperial policy reflected the actual state of the economy rather than the other way around. Much as they pretended otherwise these guys were trapped in the realities of their respective times and they made do with what they had at hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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