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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2160641, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]416010[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>$230 seems steep but it is a good looking coin.&nbsp; Cheapskate me paid $75 for this lesser one which is Augustus rather than Caesar.&nbsp; AE1 Constantines are worth seeking out.&nbsp; My favorite below is from the period he was getting along with Maxentius who issued it in his honor.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]416021[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Denominations tended to shrink and be replaced with a new coin rated at a higher value which would shrink and be replaced again.&nbsp; A lot of coins would have been called in and melted to make the new currency.&nbsp; I wonder how many of our Indian head cents have metal in them that used to be half cents?&nbsp; Inflation was fast and gaining speed throughout the &#039;Late Roman&#039; period.&nbsp; Gao did a good job of summarizing what we don&#039;t know all that well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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