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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3985509, member: 95174"]Yes, I have seen this several times before. The latter class follis dropped to around 5gm, someone cut them to aprox weight. A full heavy tetarteron was also around 5gm. By the time that Alexius created the new coinage their was a huge shortage of copper. So my guess it happened around the time of Alexius 1092 or earlier mid 11th century. [ATTACH=full]1049416[/ATTACH]</p><p>An anonymous follis that was cut down to the size of a Tetarteron.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 20mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 5.0gm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3985509, member: 95174"]Yes, I have seen this several times before. The latter class follis dropped to around 5gm, someone cut them to aprox weight. A full heavy tetarteron was also around 5gm. By the time that Alexius created the new coinage their was a huge shortage of copper. So my guess it happened around the time of Alexius 1092 or earlier mid 11th century. [ATTACH=full]1049416[/ATTACH] An anonymous follis that was cut down to the size of a Tetarteron. Size 20mm Weight 5.0gm[/QUOTE]
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