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<p>[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 7374466, member: 118358"]<b>Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. Amiens, AD 350-353</b></p><p>Obverse: D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG / bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right</p><p>Reverse: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES / Chi-Rho</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1284523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1284524[/ATTACH] </p><p>Here is an interesting example of a Magnentius Double Centenionalis...cut down to about 1/4 of its original weight! Remarkably, it remains identifiable with the Chi-Rho on the reverse. I am curious if there is knowledge about cut down coins and what purpose they served. This seems to fit the nummis weight standard of the 5th century and I wonder if it was cut down to continue having function in a much reduced economy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 7374466, member: 118358"][B]Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. Amiens, AD 350-353[/B] Obverse: D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG / bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right Reverse: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES / Chi-Rho [ATTACH=full]1284523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1284524[/ATTACH] Here is an interesting example of a Magnentius Double Centenionalis...cut down to about 1/4 of its original weight! Remarkably, it remains identifiable with the Chi-Rho on the reverse. I am curious if there is knowledge about cut down coins and what purpose they served. This seems to fit the nummis weight standard of the 5th century and I wonder if it was cut down to continue having function in a much reduced economy.[/QUOTE]
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