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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 7627124, member: 87200&quot;]Can&#039;t find much on the siliqua, but this piece on the miliarense:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miliarense" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miliarense" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miliarense</a></p><p><br /></p><p>mentioned in the article is the fact that the coin was struck with varying fineness. Not sure about references for the wiki contention that the fineness varied, but maybe try Grierson, Philip (1982), <i>Byzantine coins</i>, Taylor &amp; Francis, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" rel="nofollow">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-416-71360-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-416-71360-2" rel="nofollow">978-0-416-71360-2</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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