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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 4516445, member: 10613&quot;]The 12.5 fractional radiates are not only issued from Cyzicus, but from all the mints controlled by Licinius (A.D. 321- 324)-- Heraclea, Nicomedia, Cyzicus, Antioch, and Alexandria. The primary source I quoted above has had much written about it over the years (for one see Hendy &quot;Studies in Byzantine Monetary Economy&quot; pg 464). The dating is sometimes debated, but as Hendy explains A.D. 321 is the best because the document &quot;very probably derives from the archive of one Theophanes, who was on the staff of the Prefect of Egypt in the second and third decades of the fourth century. Dionysious {to whom the letter was addressed} was possibly his father. This, of course, would explain the inside knowledge of the retariffing evident in his letter. It would also exclude any of the other datings, extending right back to Aurelian, that have been proposed for this letter.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;perhaps the first record of insider trading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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