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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2402466, member: 19463&quot;]Alexandria issued debased silver tetradrachms and copper drachms in the early empire.&nbsp; After the second century, the drachms became very rare and the tetradrachms became both smaller and more debased until the end was reached under the Tetrarchy with really little things called tetradrachms with no visible silver.&nbsp; This parallels the fall of the silver denarius and its double the antoninianus.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A problem with photos unless they are made to retain scale is that we lose the feel for just how big coins are.&nbsp; I could post a series of Alexandrian tetradrachms to illustrate this but the point would be lost unless I were to reshoot them as a group.&nbsp; Maybe I should.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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