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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 7816637, member: 10613"]The IOVI coinage of Licinius had less silver than the VLPP's; which is why you find these overstrikes. I did a metallurgical study of a group of unofficial Siscian VLPP's, suspecting that most would have been made from melted down IOVI's and the results are consistent with that theory. Interestingly, Siscia was an ex- Licinius mint; which Constantine took over after the 1st Civil War.</p><p><br /></p><p>here's a screenshot of data from one coin</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1343434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 7816637, member: 10613"]The IOVI coinage of Licinius had less silver than the VLPP's; which is why you find these overstrikes. I did a metallurgical study of a group of unofficial Siscian VLPP's, suspecting that most would have been made from melted down IOVI's and the results are consistent with that theory. Interestingly, Siscia was an ex- Licinius mint; which Constantine took over after the 1st Civil War. here's a screenshot of data from one coin [ATTACH=full]1343434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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