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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 7979070, member: 75143&quot;]I don&#039;t know what purpose the radiate busts served.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its possible that they represented a multiple (perhaps double) of a local unit. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384788[/ATTACH] </p><p>This Volusian from Antioch is similar to the Nicaea issues (what with the standards, and all). </p><p>Its 22mm, and could be a &quot;two-assarion&quot; coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Or,</i> it could have served the purpose of the imperial antoniniani, as the size is similar.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then again, there are issues like this monster:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384787[/ATTACH] It&#039;s 30mm and 17.2g, which is imperial sestertius spec; I don&#039;t think Volusian had any double sestertii, so no good analog there.</p><p>Again, its possible this was a double of another unit, perhaps a 8- or 10- assarion, depending on whether Antioch was into the four-unit or five-unit standard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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