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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1160696, member: 19463&quot;]When you collect in a pattern it is your decision what pattern to use.&nbsp; I agree with Gao that the small Diocletian might fit but should you also have a silver denarius of Carausius (not cheap in any grade) which is called denarius by collectors but I&#039;ll bet never passed in trade at half of an antoninianus/radiate.&nbsp; I&#039;d probably add a Gordian III denarius as the last reasonably priced coin of the old style.&nbsp; Sure there are some from Philip and Decius but those get ridiculous in price.&nbsp; If you really want to show off for a small price, add one of the Licinius radiate types with the XII&lt; on the reverse which at least some scholars consider showing that the coin was valued at 12 1/2 denarii of account after he devalued the old versions which were 25 denarii.&nbsp; Is that the last reference to the denarius on a coin?&nbsp; I&#039;m not up on that one but it is what comes to mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>The question is what you want to do.&nbsp; My collecting style does not follow this pattern (I just buy coins I like) but that doesn&#039;t mean you shouldn&#039;t.&nbsp; If there is one thing I like about ancients it is that there are no Whitman folders that make me ashamed that I don&#039;t have an 1856 Flying Eagle (compare the number of extant coins to the number of folders made with a space for one).&nbsp; You can decide what types fit in your type set or whether you even want a type set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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