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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ken454, post: 2251768, member: 56575&quot;]its a denomination...</p><p>The <b>Antoninianus</b> was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin" rel="nofollow">coin</a> used during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Roman Empire</a> thought to have been valued at 2 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius" rel="nofollow">denarii</a>. It was initially silver, but was slowly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debasement" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debasement" rel="nofollow">debased</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze" rel="nofollow">bronze</a> with a minimal silver content. The coin was introduced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalla" rel="nofollow">Caracalla</a>in early 215, and was a silver coin similar to the denarius except that it was slightly larger and featured the emperor wearing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiate_crown" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiate_crown" rel="nofollow">radiate crown</a>, indicating that it was a double denomination.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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