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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4854245, member: 44316&quot;]According to RIC [volume VI, page 667] Alexandria issued radiate fractions &quot;c. 296-7&quot; and, as you note, with a long gap, again under the second tetrarchy, 305-306. That is quite a gap--which I think I can explain. However, the key point (to me) is RIC thinks they did issue coins of that denomination right away upon the reform. Unlike RIC, I think Carthage did too. Also, [according to RIC] Alexandria didn&#039;t issue radiate fractions at all in 303, much less as VOTA coins. One takeaway from the RIC dates is that we don&#039;t know when the denomination was issued with more precision than the obverse legends tell us (we can see the First Tetrarchy titles on some and Second Tetrarchy titles on others). We can suppose the first issue was shortly after the coin reform (as part of the coin reform), hence &quot;c. 296-7&quot;, but when it began and how long it lasted during the First Tetrarchy is actually uncertain and those dates are not inscribed in stone. </p><p><br /></p><p>My take is here:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/radiatefraction.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/radiatefraction.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/radiatefraction.html</a></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/radiatefraction.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/radiatefraction.html" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>Unlike modern coins, there is a great deal that is uncertain about dates, denominations, and many other features of ancient coins. Enjoy them and study them long enough and you can find you know enough to question the received wisdom. I might not be right. But, I am having lots of fun trying to understand and explain the coinage system under the tetrarchies![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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