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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4071551, member: 19463&quot;]At that period, coins remained in circulation a rather short time due to declines in weight standards and coinage reforms when old coins were removed from circulation and replaced by new ones.&nbsp; You coin was a fractional part of a larger coin we call a follis.&nbsp; There are different theories but I favor 2/5 follis for the ones with a radiate crown on the portrait.&nbsp; These contained no silver but followed a similar coin that had a nominal amount (one part silver and 20 parts copper). The follis was closer to a half dollar size and retained a bit of silver at the start when Diocletian reformed the coinage.&nbsp; The follis was issued in decreasing size, weight and metal over a few years so production the fractions was discontinued.&nbsp; This is a photo from my page on the matter.&nbsp; Note the US cent under the coin at the right.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html</a></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denomfolles.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Left to Right: Diocletian 10.6g c.300 AD; Galerius 7.9g 309-310 AD; Maximinus II 4.5g 313 AD; Licinius I 4.3g 313 AD; Crispus 3.4g 317-320 AD; Constantine I 2.4g 332-3 AD; Constantine I 1.5g 337 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>At this period, several mints were scattered across the Empire and most mints were subdivided into workshops.&nbsp; Your coin was made in Kyzikos (Cyzicus) by the E=5th workshop.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is an 9.5g. whole follis of Maximianus (Antioch mint, shop B=2).&nbsp; &nbsp; If you specialize in coins of this period, you will want the books that catalog these and give an order and date for issues.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1063803[/ATTACH] </p><p>This radiate fraction is like yours except it was made at Heraclea in the first (A) shop.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1063801[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest collecting generally and letting your specialties find you rather than starting out only buying one type of coin.&nbsp; Perhaps your next coin will be a large sestertius or silver denarius of an earlier period???&nbsp; You have many choices to make.&nbsp; Perhaps it will be Greek or from a place you have not yet realized was a possibility.&nbsp; I have pages for that, too.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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