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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2443736, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Wow Doug, your OP-example is quite a hefty fella, eh? <b>(33.99g)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">My suckling-twins example weighs-in at a measly <b>26.42g</b> (merely a featherweight)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Anonymous Roman Republican Æ As</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">169-158 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Rome mint</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 35 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: <b><font size="5">26.42 grams</font></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse:&nbsp; Prow of galley right; above, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; I (mark of value) to right</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Crawford 183/1; Sydenham 297</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: 11h … VF, green patina</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Duplicates from the RBW Collection</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509639[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; but my Fly is pretty fly, weighing-in at <b>33.82g</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Anonymous, Roman Republic Æ As </span></b></p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>Circa 179-170 BC</p><p>Diameter: 35 mm</p><p>Weight: <b><font size="5">33.82 grams</font></b></p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Janus; I above</p><p>Reverse: Prow of Galley right; “FLY” above, [ROMA] below</p><p>Reference: Crawford 159/3; Sydenham 324; BMCRR (Italy) 382</p><p>Other: 6 h … Black patina, scuff to right of prow. Nearly very fine</p><p>A duplicate from the RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509640[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... it is quite odd how much this denomination varies in weight, eh?</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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