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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1010433, member: 19463&quot;]Agree.&nbsp; To go further, even the terms like quarter and half are open to discussion.&nbsp; I side with the camp that ranks them as 1/5 and 2/5 of the large follis making the term denarius not all that unreasonable for the smaller, laureate one.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a Diocletian but do have a Constantius I.&nbsp; With no silver, I&#039;d not apply the term denarius.&nbsp; Perhaps the better candidate for the term and last position would be the Carausius which was good silver and possibly a special issue presentation item rather than a circulating coin. They made the news recently when some were found in the Frome hoard:</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/sets/72157624319051565/?page=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/sets/72157624319051565/?page=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/sets/72157624319051565/?page=2</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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