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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 6323752, member: 19463&quot;]That link is fine as far as it goes but it does not cover them all.&nbsp; The problem as I see it is that these coins were made to circulate in a restricted area and every city was perfectly free to use its own system for denominations, weights and markings.&nbsp; This only becomes a problem if money left its home base and was taken somewhere it was not known.&nbsp; </p><p>The article mentions the common 4 1/2 assaria coins but I like this Tomis 1 1/2 assaria of Philip II.&nbsp; I suspect (but do not know) there may have been a specific need for the odd denominations.&nbsp; Perhaps this represented the fair difference between two other coins common in the area and was used by moneychangers.&nbsp; I do not know.&nbsp; Theories are fine as long as we keep straight the difference between opinions, theories and facts.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250615[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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