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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4901510, member: 87404&quot;]My post isn&#039;t about the buying power of ancient coins, but instead comparing the various denominations with regard to themselves. I made this infographic about the various denominations to help understand the comparison and relation of the different denominations and how they broke down and built up to each other (reminder that this is roughly for the period of ~25 BC to the mid-3rd century AD):</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/early-roman-imperial-denominations-2-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>There were a number of denominations during the whole of the Roman Empire and with as much changes in valuation of coinage, there was equal changes with &quot;new&quot; denominations being introduced and phased out over time as needs, values, silver availability, and imperial coffers changed (click to zoom in)...&nbsp; I have to say, that this isn&#039;t even all encompassing and would be a much larger project to make it so than an afternoon free:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/evolution-roman-imperial-denominations-3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Can you find your Valentinian I AE3 (circa 364-375 AD)?</p><p><br /></p><p>I like these little bronze coins of the period and have a little collection of the SALVS REIPVBLICAE AE4 type of various contemporary emperors: Arcadius, Theodosius I, Valentinian II (and I might have an Honorius in there too...? I didn&#039;t check). Some have a tau-rho, some a cross. Being a designer, I like the visual/graphic-ness of them. Specifically, my fave is the Arcadius, top row, third from the left... The sandy &quot;patina&quot; contrasting the black tone, and &quot;big&quot; graphic font. And it has nice detail and strike for the type.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/collagemaker_20190220_164834504-jpg.895107/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m excited for your budding interest!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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