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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7886360, member: 84905&quot;]I think &quot;inflation money&quot; is the best term to describe these coins, because they were minted during a period of rapidly rising inflation or hyperinflation, when the value of the Antoninian took another significant step down. These coins were mass produced to keep up with rising prices. </p><p>They are in a sense akin to inflation money of the 20th century, when sometimes banknotes were stamped or stickers were applied to increase their nominal value to keep up with the rising price level. </p><p>Also, I don&#039;t think that these were &quot;illicit&quot; mints that produced the coins. There is no way in which these coins could fool anybody into thinking that they were official mint products. I think they were produced by auxiliary mints to overcome the coin shortages that is typical for periods of rapidly rising inflation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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