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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24901881, member: 26430&quot;]There are a few other early-ish Imperial denominations. I&#039;ll let someone else share.</p><p><br /></p><p>One middle-RIC denomination that&#039;s easy to cross off the list is the &quot;Antoninianus&quot; (unless you try to work out all the different sub-denominations over time, which require a bit of specialization just to become familiar with).</p><p><br /></p><p>First struck under Caracalla as nominally a &quot;double-denarius,&quot; but really only about 1.5X the silver. (If I&#039;m remembering that correctly.)</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of mine:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla RIC 218a, c. 216. 4.65g.</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1600342[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla RIC 312B, c. 213-217 CE. 4.9g.</b></p><p>Don&#039;t worry, I got the PVC residue off this one&#039;s portrait:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1600343[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite example of this denomination, struck 30 years later, for Rome&#039;s 1000th Anniversary and the Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games).</p><p>After owning it for ~10 years I finally realized it was a Sear &quot;plate coin&quot; in <i>Roman Coins and Their Values</i>, v. 3.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Philip I RIC 25b, 249 CE. 3.56g.</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1600344[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mid/late 3rd century is when the denominations start getting much more complicated. Around Aurelian to Diocletian, I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then even more so, from the Tetrarchy on, with all the various Folles, reduced Folles, AE2s, AE3s, and AE4s.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I liked about CNG&#039;s sales of the Paul DiMarzio London mint collection was that they specified how the Constantinian Follis was changing in number-to-the pound or solidus every few years, give or take. (I&#039;m sure the Cloke-Toone volume does the same, but I don&#039;t have it yet.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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