guy Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) Nice review article by NGC Ancients Quote From 27 B.C. to A.D. 268, the purity of Roman Imperial silver was in a steady decline. Quote For the first ninety years of the Roman Empire, when members of the Julio-Claudian family reigned, the purity of Rome’s silver coinage was unassailable: a solid 98% pure or higher. That standard was maintained by the emperors Augustus, Tiberius (14 to 37), Caligula (37 to 41) and Claudius (41 to 54), and even Nero (54 to 68), who didn’t change it for the first decade of his reign. However, the great fire in Rome in 64 marked the start of a debasement that would require about two centuries to unfold, eventually bringing Rome’s silver coinage to an unfathomable low. https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6842/NGC-ancient-coins/ Edited September 13, 2018 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted October 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 Part II: https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6893/NGC-Ancients/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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