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<p>[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 7680068, member: 111037"]Here is a typical example. Both are half-follis from the reign of Anastasius. The first one (the larger) is from the second coin-reform of 512, while the smaller one is from the original reform of 498.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319160[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently the first reform wasn't met with enthusiasm as people believed that the coins were too small for the denomination they were supposed to represent. So in 512 they were all enlarged significantly. The large coin in this example is about 12mms larger than its predecessor.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Funnily enough, a very similar thing almost happened to me today in a major auction. Luckily I paid attention to the description before it was too late <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 7680068, member: 111037"]Here is a typical example. Both are half-follis from the reign of Anastasius. The first one (the larger) is from the second coin-reform of 512, while the smaller one is from the original reform of 498. [ATTACH=full]1319160[/ATTACH] Apparently the first reform wasn't met with enthusiasm as people believed that the coins were too small for the denomination they were supposed to represent. So in 512 they were all enlarged significantly. The large coin in this example is about 12mms larger than its predecessor. Funnily enough, a very similar thing almost happened to me today in a major auction. Luckily I paid attention to the description before it was too late :banghead:[/QUOTE]
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