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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3740166, member: 19463&quot;]Since Valentinian brought out the existence of the XI double silver purity issue, I&#039;ll mention another bit of evidence that the XXI referred to purity rather than denomination.&nbsp; The coinage reform of Diocletian ended the silvered radiates and replaced them with the post reform radiates about the same size but without silver inside or out. The new, larger, silver bearing denomination which we call the follis included some coins marked with XXI which assay at the same level (4.7%).&nbsp; It was not long before the amount of silver in the follis was lowered and the marking was removed.&nbsp; There are quite a few markings found on some of the folles that I fail to understand but the XXI is one that is certain. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1003172[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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