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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 7864620, member: 98035&quot;]Great coins and discussions all!</p><p><br /></p><p>I had always assumed the post-reform radiates to be half-follis coins, although to be equivalent to the pre-reform antoninianus also makes sense - the antoninianus was about the same purity billon as the follis, but not an even fraction of the weight (about 3-4g vs 10-11). Also [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] &#039;s website makes a good point I hadn&#039;t though about - since Alexandria was making tetradrachms until 297, they would have had a massive small change shortage, which explains why the radiate was made intermittently until the 3rd Tetrarchy. I do have to disagree about the scarcity though - these radiates show up all the time in large lots.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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