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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2662590, member: 44316&quot;]Under the Byzantine empire the emperor Justinian (527-565) made some very large diameter copper coins, 40 mm and up in the reform of 538 and then with declining diameters throughout the rest of his reign and the next reigns. By the time of Justinian II (685-695 and 705-711) the coins were enough smaller that old big ones were being cut into quarters to serve as flans.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]590979[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 1262. Justinian II, first reign (The story of how he managed to have two reigns is fascinating). Look at the shape and you can see how it is a piece of a larger coin chisel-cut into four quarters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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