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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 2017578, member: 5682&quot;]Thank you for the wonderful and thoughtful write-up. As a non-coin collector, I always marvel at the passion and knowledge of the collectors at this site (especially the Ancient specialists).</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, you may want to better define &quot;the high Roman Empire.&quot; I think many people would consider the end of the height of the Roman Empire would be the death of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180), the last of the &quot;five good Emperors.&quot; Others would consider the end of &quot;the high Roman Empire&quot; to be even 60 to 100 years earlier than that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that the third century is a very unappreciated (and poorly documented) period for its art and culture by historians. By AD 250, however, the Empire was at its nadir (and not its height) as a result of various stresses, including military struggles, economic disruption, and devastating disease. As you know better than I, the societal instability of this period was reflected in the typically lower quality of coins from this period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, again, for the interesting write-up.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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