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Lech Stępniewski:

--- Quote from: DzikiZdeb on November 16, 2021, 02:42:17 pm ---The author identifies these four little coins (15 mm diameter) as 1/12 nummus and assigns them to Maximinus Daza.

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I wonder why McAlee identified them as "1/12 nummus". In 311-312 nummus in Antioch has approximately 6-5 g or less, so ~1.5 g coin should be regarded as a quarter-nummus. As I remember, van Heesch calls them simply "fractions".

DzikiZdeb:

--- Quote from: Lech Stępniewski on November 16, 2021, 06:22:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: DzikiZdeb on November 16, 2021, 02:42:17 pm ---The author identifies these four little coins (15 mm diameter) as 1/12 nummus and assigns them to Maximinus Daza.

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I wonder why McAlee identified them as "1/12 nummus". In 311-312 nummus in Antioch has approximately 6-5 g or less, so ~1.5 g coin should be regarded as a quarter-nummus. As I remember, van Heesch calls them simply "fractions".

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Trochę to naciągane, bo powołuje się na tego samego autora sprzed osiemnastu lat, który najwidoczniej międzyczasie wycofał się z tak dokładnego określania nominału:
"Although these coins appear to be 1/4 nummus by weight, this does not take into account the silver content of the nummus ("follis"). Based on an estimated silver content of 2% in the nummus and assuming that silver was walued at 100 times the same weight of copper, the ratio is 1/12" Van Heesch 1975 = (van Heesch - Une Frappe Semi-Autonome Sous Maximin Daza, Revue Belge de Numismatique), pp - 102-103.

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