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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 2774166, member: 80804&quot;]In 395 and thereafter, there were almost no base-metal coins larger than an Æ3/4 </p><p>This piece is typical of a &quot;large Æ&quot; current in 395:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album83/06_Honorius_VIR_CON.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album83/06_Honorius_VIR_CON?full=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album83/06_Honorius_VIR_CON?full=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album83/06_Honorius_VIR_CON?full=1</a></p><p>For what it&#039;s worth, these are ca. 17mm and David Sear calls this denomination a &quot;bronze centenionalis&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to 395, there was what might be called: &quot;the last of the Æ2&#039;s&quot; - the GLORIA ROMANORVM with emperor standing holding labarum and globe reverse- discontinued in 395.</p><p>Perhaps this is the coin referred to in the passage quoted - the date seems to fit:</p><p><img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album82/I_01_Honorius_2_GloRom.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album82/I_01_Honorius_2_GloRom?full=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album82/I_01_Honorius_2_GloRom?full=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album82/I_01_Honorius_2_GloRom?full=1</a></p><p>For what it&#039;s worth, this is a ca. 20mm piece - David Sear calls this denomination a &quot;bronze majorina&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The occasional issue of Æ2-size coins past this date accounts for only a very small handful of virtually unobtainable rarities. Even Æ3&#039;s are few and far between as the vast bulk of base metal coinage after 395 consists of Æ4&#039;s which David Sear calls &quot;half centenionalis or nummus&quot; (and what are sometimes called &quot;Æ5&#039;s&quot;, 12mm or smaller)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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