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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7752379, member: 44316"]During the first and second centuries of the Roman imperial period the smallest denomination is usually the quadrans, four to an <i>as</i>, sixteen to sestertius, and sixty four to a denarius. I have a site on that denomination:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>However, if we include products of Rome stuck for distribution in the east, there is a still smaller denomination. We are not certain what it was called then. Several names for the denomination have been proposed: "uncia," "semis," [I don't think it is a semis], "chalkous," and "half-quadrans." </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327645[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan. <b>12 mm</b>. 1.02 grams. Very small.</p><p>Struck from Roman mint dies for distribution in Syria</p><p><i>RPC</i> III 3681 Antioch, chalkous</p><p><i>RIC</i> II Trajan 443 "semis" page 276 "Probably 101-103"</p><p>McAlee, <i>Antioch</i>, 526 "rare" page 214 "half-quadrans/chalous"</p><p>Sear II 3250 "copper uncia"</p><p><br /></p><p>To give you a better feeling for its size, here it is compared to a 19 mm US cent. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1327646[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, there are small very late Roman AE4s, but this type is more than two centuries earlier. </p><p><br /></p><p>Show us some small Roman coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7752379, member: 44316"]During the first and second centuries of the Roman imperial period the smallest denomination is usually the quadrans, four to an [I]as[/I], sixteen to sestertius, and sixty four to a denarius. I have a site on that denomination: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/[/URL] However, if we include products of Rome stuck for distribution in the east, there is a still smaller denomination. We are not certain what it was called then. Several names for the denomination have been proposed: "uncia," "semis," [I don't think it is a semis], "chalkous," and "half-quadrans." [ATTACH=full]1327645[/ATTACH] Trajan. [B]12 mm[/B]. 1.02 grams. Very small. Struck from Roman mint dies for distribution in Syria [I]RPC[/I] III 3681 Antioch, chalkous [I]RIC[/I] II Trajan 443 "semis" page 276 "Probably 101-103" McAlee, [I]Antioch[/I], 526 "rare" page 214 "half-quadrans/chalous" Sear II 3250 "copper uncia" To give you a better feeling for its size, here it is compared to a 19 mm US cent. [ATTACH=full]1327646[/ATTACH] Of course, there are small very late Roman AE4s, but this type is more than two centuries earlier. Show us some small Roman coins![/QUOTE]
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