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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 7630228, member: 44316&quot;]Anastasius inherited a dysfunctional coinage with only a tiny 1-gram AE4 coin and gold coins, with no convenient denominations in between. He reformed the copper coinage in 498 by adding in a range of higher denominations, including the &quot;small module&quot; &quot;M&quot; 40-nummi piece. It wasn&#039;t 40 times the weight of the 1-nummis, so there was discontent with it and a second reform in 512 produced the well-known (and more common) &quot;large module&quot; &quot;M&quot; pieces (still not 40 times the weight, but closer).&nbsp; Here is a image showing their relative sizes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1312664[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The top coin is 8 mm, the middle is 25 mm and the bottom coin is an impressive 35 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more about Byzantine coins, see:&nbsp; <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/index.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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