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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 1633178, member: 6370&quot;]I would agree with dating it to Diocletian. Of course cheap bronzes were already being made well before like this one from Gallienus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/gallienus2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then again this coin makes more of an attempt at likeness and the reverse is still more elegant.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;These small bronze coins with, in general, much more representative, less artistic style began to become the norm for those who weren&#039;t in the class for gold. Silver coinage became rare or non-exisistant when before the Denarius was a Roman monetary standard.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is when this:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/tiberius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Became this...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/constantinusnobc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>and that is a nicer example of an LRB in my opinion</p><p><br /></p><p>Or when a coin like this wasn&#039;t, or couldn&#039;t, be produced any longer:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/claudius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS - This post was all just an excuse to post some more coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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