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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 6639547, member: 112342&quot;]Let&#039;s say I&#039;m in Rome, buying groceries in a market around the late 260s when the Roman empire was trifurcated, and the denari/antoniniani were nothing but a copper coin with a thin layer of silver wash, not to pass it of as a solid silver coin, but to maintain the morale. Given they still had silver denari from previous centuries still circulating, although most of them were hoarded for their silver content or melted to make more antoniniani, as it&#039;s not uncommon to see a worn denarius in the circulation here and there.</p><p>So, my question is, If I have a worn fourree with exposed core, but still having some significant solid silver layer, and an antoninianus with no silvering at all, which coin do you, as a vendor, think would have had more value simply for its silver bullion content? the 10-20% silver containing fake denarius or an official antoninianus with &lt;5% to almost nil silver content?</p><p>A fourree Domitian[ATTACH=full]1267933[/ATTACH]</p><p>A silvered Gallienus from 267 AD[ATTACH=full]1267935[/ATTACH]</p><p>However, the majority of antoniniani in circulation would&#039;ve been crude with no visible silvering[ATTACH=full]1267936[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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