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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3308475, member: 87200&quot;]I also suggest getting a later period Antoninianus to exemplify a silver-washed coin, though some folles of Diocletian and the tetrarchs also had a silver wash. As far as I know there is no definitive knowledge of what these coins were called by the romans. I have heard both &quot;follis&quot; and &quot;nummus&quot; bandied about, as well as &quot;centenionalis&quot; and &quot;majorina&quot;. It&#039;s also unclear as to how the coins were tariffed. How many bronze coins of Theodosius equaled a solidus? How many &quot;folles&quot; of Diocletian equaled an aureus? In later years with the predominance of tiny bronze coins is significant and they must have been struck in vast quantities to serve as the small change for every day romans. One of the sources for the reign of Diocletian is the famous edict on maximum wages and prices, the penalty for abrogating the edict was death. It was designed to stop rampant inflation, but apparently was not successful, and seems to have been little enforced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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