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- noun A
silver coin used during theRoman Empire , equal to twodenarii .
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The silver antoninianus, which had first been coined to replace the debased denarius, was itself debased until it was made of pure copper with a thin silver wash.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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The coin is an antoninianus or double denarius piece, a denomination which was introduced in A.D. 215 by the emperor Caracalla.
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To meet the consequent deficit he issued a new coin, the antoninianus, with a face value of two denarii but a weight of only one and two-thirds.
f. The Third Century 2001
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This apparent destruction did not, however, mean the abandonment of the building, for above it, and cutting into it, and also on top of a pit cut through the herring-bone floor and containing an antoninianus of Tetricus II, a.d.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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