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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3213332, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t have &#039;generally accepted explanations&#039; for things not recorded in history but there are facts.&nbsp; Some of the earliest denarii of Septimius were well made on decent flans.&nbsp; Things fell off while Septimius was in the East fighting Pescennius, Albinus and the Parthians.&nbsp; When he returned to Rome, the coins were not the best. After a point, the quality control returned to a higher level than had been seen for years.&nbsp; Who was responsible for such matters while the emperor was away?&nbsp; The bad period pretty much lines up with the time of greatest influence of Plautinian who was later executed as a traitor and was not ever fully loyal to Septimius.&nbsp; His daughter Plautilla was exiled and he was killed.&nbsp; Did he cause the mint problems with his appointments or did he clean it up?&nbsp; IDK</p><p><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautian" rel="nofollow">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautian</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is wholly inappropriate to talk about the coinage of an emperor as if it were one consistent unit.&nbsp; Septimius had several mints and reigned for several years.&nbsp; There was a period roughly 195-204 where the Rome mint did some (but not entirely) poor work.&nbsp; There are decent coins from this period but you have to look harder.&nbsp; Don&#039;t buy the first coin you see or buy them to illustrate the point that management at the mint went through a careless period.&nbsp; Decent but not exceptional examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>193 AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]835057[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>194 AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]835058[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>197 AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]835059[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>202 AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]835062[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>209 AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]835063[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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