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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pacchardon, post: 4562337, member: 113118&quot;]I have not been an active collector since the late 80’s and have lost touch with prices. While catching up on current prices on Vcoins.com, I noticed a curious thing. I have a group of tetradrachms from Antioch, 1st half of the 3rd century, Elagabalus, Gordian III, Trajan Decius and Herenius Etruscus. It appears from what I saw, these coins and those of other emperors during the same period are almost invariably in excellent condition. They are well centered, well struck and have little to no wear.&nbsp; It appears difficult to find any worn specimens. I cannot help coming to conclusion that these coins, despite being plentiful, were never in general circulation. I’ve wondered if they were minted to facilitate trade between cities and not for the general populace.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone or everyone (except me) shed any light on this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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