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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 8183461, member: 97383"]Valentinian, The huge number of barbarous Constantinian Era coins posted in Victor Clark's & your links is bewildering <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. These were obviously fiduciary coins of necessity with a fixed value higher than their intrinsic value, & probably circulated within a limited regional area. Does anyone know what the purchasing power of these coins were, & is it possible or probable some of these coins circulated outside of their regional area <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />? All my barbarous imitations were made of gold or silver & are pre or post the Constantinian Era. I'm guessing these coins had a wider range of circulation since they probably traded for bullion value. Pictured below is a coin of the post Constantinian Era I've posted a number of times.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1431108[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 8183461, member: 97383"]Valentinian, The huge number of barbarous Constantinian Era coins posted in Victor Clark's & your links is bewildering :jawdrop:. These were obviously fiduciary coins of necessity with a fixed value higher than their intrinsic value, & probably circulated within a limited regional area. Does anyone know what the purchasing power of these coins were, & is it possible or probable some of these coins circulated outside of their regional area o_O? All my barbarous imitations were made of gold or silver & are pre or post the Constantinian Era. I'm guessing these coins had a wider range of circulation since they probably traded for bullion value. Pictured below is a coin of the post Constantinian Era I've posted a number of times. [ATTACH=full]1431108[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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