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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 6382464, member: 51347&quot;]The Heavy Denarius is before the Denarius Reform of 211 BCE. Many call these Roman Diadrachm. However, they were tariffed at 10 Asses, which make them a Denarius (the Roman Denarius - a name derivative of the number 10 in Latin - was 10 Asses up until approx 141 BCE, when it was devalued to 16 Asses), Kennith Harl stated this in his book “Coinage in the Roman Economy”, of which I agree.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Roman Drachm was tariffed at 5 Asses or is a Heavy Quinarius at that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a hard one to get.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-2-7_19-35-13-png.1249301/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i>R</i>oman <i>R</i>epublic</p><p>Anon</p><p>Ca 240 BCE</p><p>AR Heavy Quinarius / Drachm</p><p>16mm 3.0g</p><p>Rome mint</p><p>Helmeted Head of Mars r -</p><p>Horse’s head sickle</p><p>Cr 25-2 Syd 25 RSC 34a <i>R</i>are</p><p><i>Ex: CNG; From the RJM Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (17 July 1996)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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