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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3734883, member: 98035&quot;]The early coins in &quot;good&quot; silver are indeed heavier, although from my experience they usually seem to fall between 3.5-5.5g presumably the antoninianus had decent buying power until the 260s, so the weight and fineness was more of a formality than anything. What really led me to believe this could be a trial strike is:</p><p>- Exceptionally overweight</p><p>- Extremely weak strike</p><p>- Struck on a flan larger than the dies, which is pretty rare for sole reign Gallienus.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there are &quot;double antoninianus&quot; coins, but to my knowledge they were only struck by Ta itus and Carus, and are exceptionally rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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