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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2483151, member: 19463&quot;]The reason I ask here is that from this time through the Severans it is not unusual for some sellers to list low weight denarii in poor condition as quinarii.&nbsp; This is not as much a problem when the quinarii used special reverses but photos make it hard to tell a 15mm coin from an 18mm one.&nbsp; Listing details that will tell beginners how we know that a coin is special always seems like a good idea.&nbsp; That is a decent coin. One has to wonder if quinarii were more common in their day but not as often hoarded so we see them today as more rare.&nbsp; Was there a special reason that some were issued?&nbsp; Perhaps there was something popular that cost half a denarius or they were given as part of a donative that was one as for each year of the emperor&#039;s age.&nbsp; Do we have any idea?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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