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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 6710861, member: 75482&quot;]It&#039;s difficult to assign these late stage copies to one emperor or another. The radiate crown is often the last element of the portrait that survives. I think the reverse of your coin preserves the X of PAX AVG. Pax is the most common prototype and the X seems to persist after other elements have been lost. These tiny coins are often called <i>minimi </i>(singular <i>minimus</i>) or for the tiniest, <i>minimissimi</i>. Most were produced in Gaul and Britain, though they turn up elsewhere in smaller numbers. The reform of Aurelian seems to have ended the production of &#039;barbarous radiates&#039; on the continent not long after 275. The reformed <i>aurelianiani</i> never really took hold in Britain, however.&nbsp; The illicit mints may have continued there until about 283.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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