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Message:: [QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2961344, member: 44316"]Yes, that is from the same series. They are often called "quinarii," but without any evidence that is the right name. I have used that name myself. What can you call these unusual small pieces when you don't know their name? My fractions pages discusses that. The post-reform radiates (mostly CONCORDIA MILITVM) were without silver and therefore worth less than the "aureliani" (often called "antoniniani") they look like, but the folles (nummi) had about the same proportion of silver (some are even marked "XXI") that the pre-reform "aureliani" did, making the follis worth much more than the previous radiates because it is so much larger. If you want to know how they are related, as I wrote on my page, at the end in the references, there are many articles in the literature. Some are deceptively certain they can tell you how many of this denomination are in that denomination, but I assure you there are others who disagree and come up with different numbers.[/QUOTE]