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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prestoninanus, post: 813930, member: 20205&quot;]Unfortunately, not much is actually known about Roman bronze coins of this period. Among most modern day numismatists, they are known as &#039;fractional follii&#039; or simply &#039;bronzes&#039; of AE-X (the &#039;X&#039; being the size of the coin). No-one seems to know what these coins were known as by contemporary Romans. </p><p>&nbsp;It is known however, that this was a very chaotic and unstable time for the Roman Empire, with hyperinflation and civil war a constant scourge. Considering the economic turmoil and the vast quantaties of these coins which still survive to this day, the purchasing power of these coins probably wasn&#039;t that great and the situation with the currency was so dire that even the Roman government had been forced to accept goods in kind rather than coins as payment for taxes at one point...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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