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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 7772498, member: 75482&quot;]Pierre Bastien deals with the various waves of 4th century imitations in his seminal study &#039;Imitations of Roman Bronze Coins, A.D. 318-363&#039; in <i>Museum Notes 30</i>, American Numismatic Society, 1985, pp. 143-177. As summarized by Bastien, &quot;Indeed, each new series of imitations follows a monetary reform which may have caused a withdrawal of the previous coinage and a reduction in mint productivity due to reorganization&quot;. For our period specifically, Bastien cites the introduction in 318 of &quot;a new nummus&quot; and &quot;the demonetization of the folles&quot;. While other waves of imitation tended to be centered in Gaul and Britain, the VLPP coinage seems to have been much copied in the Balkans. Cold War politics unfortunately hindered their study in the second half of the last century. For those interested in further reading, I believe <i>Museum Notes 30</i> (as well as most ANS publications) can be freely accessed at hathitrust.org.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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