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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBGood, post: 2005168, member: 38987&quot;]I&#039;m totally confused by this reform business. I know he brought the gold aureus up to snuff with a weight of 60 to an lb. and this makes sense. But the silver and bronze reforms are less clear.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I still don&#039;t know how to identify a post reform coin.</p><p><a href="http://i0.wp.com/armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Diocletian-AUPre-PostReform2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i0.wp.com/armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Diocletian-AUPre-PostReform2.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i0.wp.com/armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Diocletian-AUPre-PostReform2.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This image is less than helpful. </p><p><br /></p><p>The denarius becomes the argentius which has more silver content, correct? And the follis replaces the As? But it is still bronze but at a greater weight? </p><p><br /></p><p>What am I missing?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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