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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3440474, member: 76086&quot;]I read this thread yesterday when it was referenced to in another post.&nbsp; I found it interesting.&nbsp; I think some people in the thread got caught up in semantics and not reality and could not get past the idea.&nbsp; Coins cut for change were really quite common, not just in ancient times but much later as well as most of us know.&nbsp; So what would one call the OP coin?&nbsp; Call it what you want.&nbsp; A &#039;sestertius&#039; cut to &#039;As, Dupondius, Semis, etc.&#039;.&nbsp; It really does not matter.&nbsp; Clearly in ancient times someone was making change for a specific denomination.&nbsp; The terminology doesnt matter as much as the historical context.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I have two cut coins in my collection (well, four, but only two were for making change):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]913430[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]913431[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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