Something between 24-40% of silver coins found at archaeological sites appear to have been counterfeit, for most of the period of empire. There certainly were l

Something between 24-40% of silver coins found at archaeological sites appear to have been counterfeit, for most of the period of empire. There certainly were laws against counterfeiting, with punishments including being fed to the lions. This paper gives a good overview of the laws, and archaeological results: http://www.jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/download/142/119 http://www.jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/download/142/1... This has some interesting details about forgers' methodology: https://www.colat.org.uk/_assets/doc/faking-it-the-evidence-for-counterfeiting-coins-in-roman-london.pdf https://www.colat.org.uk/_assets/doc/faking-it-the-evidence-...