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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7853416, member: 86498"]A few days ago I got some photos that I have been waiting for. One of them was this coin Galerius Ar Argenteus Heraklea 295 AD Obv Head right laureate Rv. The four tetrarchs sacrificing over altar in front of fortified enclosure. RIC 8 2.97 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen [ATTACH=full]1352784[/ATTACH]The argenteus was an ambitious but short lived attempt to reestablish a pure silver coin to the Roman monetary system. I suspect the main reason for its failure was the demand for silver created by the minting of the follis coinage. When I was first introduced to this coinage, they were considered very scarce and thus commanded high prices. However sometime after 2000 two very large hoards entered the market significantly dropping their cost.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7853416, member: 86498"]A few days ago I got some photos that I have been waiting for. One of them was this coin Galerius Ar Argenteus Heraklea 295 AD Obv Head right laureate Rv. The four tetrarchs sacrificing over altar in front of fortified enclosure. RIC 8 2.97 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen [ATTACH=full]1352784[/ATTACH]The argenteus was an ambitious but short lived attempt to reestablish a pure silver coin to the Roman monetary system. I suspect the main reason for its failure was the demand for silver created by the minting of the follis coinage. When I was first introduced to this coinage, they were considered very scarce and thus commanded high prices. However sometime after 2000 two very large hoards entered the market significantly dropping their cost.[/QUOTE]
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