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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2689144, member: 19463&quot;]The feature to watch for here is whether the singular ends in -us or -ius.&nbsp; Denarius forms the plural by dropping the -us and adding -i but that will be in addition to the -i that was already there so the plural is denarii.&nbsp; Sestertius and dupondius work the same way yielding sestertii and dupondii.&nbsp; However, antoninianus did not have that i before the -us so when you drop -us and add the -i you only have one -i, therefore antoniniani.&nbsp; The one most often mixed up is aureus which follows the rule and ends up aurei NOT aureii.&nbsp; Just to make things difficult we have as which forms its plural asses.&nbsp; There are several declensions of Latin nouns with their own rules and it is not necessary for every collector to learn them all.&nbsp; This is not the place to tell you why but you have one quadrans and two quadrantes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Those who have been here more that a few weeks are undoubtedly tired of seeing my same old coins but my favorite Gordian III is this sestertius issued when he was Caesar under Balbinus and Pupienus.&nbsp; They also come in denarii. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]602848[/ATTACH]</p><p>If you think there are a lot of Gordian III antoniniani, just wait until they publish the RPC volumes for Gordian&#039;s provincials.&nbsp; Save your pennies.&nbsp; They will be huge and expensive because there are thousands and thousands of types.&nbsp; I have very few.</p><p>Marcianopolis [ATTACH=full]602849[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nicopolis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]602850[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antioch, Pisidia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]602851[/ATTACH]</p><p>Tarsos</p><p>[ATTACH=full]602852[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexandria</p><p>[ATTACH=full]602853[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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