Zur Geld und Wirtschaftspolitik Diokletians

Abstract

The main point of dispute is how the denarius of the price edict related to the coins actually in circulation, that is what value bronzes, silvered bronzes, argentei and aurei had in the denarii of the edict. The purpose and success of the maximum price edict of 301 are equally contested: older scholarship saw in it a response to debasement and soaring prices, Mickwitz above all a protection of the troops against excessive demands, more recent work an attempt to push the price level down by a fifth. The author holds that the edict can be judged properly only together with the accompanying monetary measures, and therefore examines the attribution and valuation of the Diocletianic denominations.

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Suggested citation

Jahn, Joachim: Zur Geld und Wirtschaftspolitik Diokletians. In: Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 25 (1975), pp. 91–105.

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