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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3419339, member: 44316&quot;][USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] answered the OP question. Here is a site on anonymous folles:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I wish people would no longer attribute coins as &quot;Class A3.&quot; The original evidence (of Metcalf) for such a class as distinct from A2 has been debunked (by a Ph.D. student of his!). However, it is interesting to state the size, because A2 can be large (rarely up to 36 mm and over 20 grams, which are the early ones) and the diameters decline to below 25 mm and weights to below 10 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the OP coin was not minted as small as it now is. It has been clipped. The type with crosses in the nimbus is fairly early and usually much larger than the OP coin. It looks clipped and the diameter and weight tell us it has been clipped. Look at how crowded the design is on the flan.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Compare to this one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]907326[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4">Class A2. Sear 1813</font></p><p><font size="4">32-30 mm. 12.745 grams.</font></p><p><font size="4">Crosses in the nimbus, on the gospels, and above and below the reverse legend.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Variety 32 in the Dumbarton Oaks table. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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