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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3446666, member: 87200&quot;]Tough question. If anybody can solve this one they should be as happy as Alexander &quot;untying&quot; the Gordian knot by slashing through it with his sword. Seriously though I assume that the AE2&#039;s probably were circulating up until the time of the reform of Anastasius, not sure about after, but there may have been a system where they were valued as a 20 nummi piece or thereabouts based on weight. AE4&#039;s I can&#039;t even guess at, though they probably were not worth much. The &quot;haves&quot; were buying everything in gold and the &quot;have-nots&quot; not so much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anastasius&#039; effort to ease inflation by introducing a valuable bronze series I am sure greatly relieved the public. He also left through his parsimony and wise accountant nature a vast surplus of gold to his successors, which eventually was gone after Justinian&#039;s extravagant spending.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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