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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4715929, member: 110350"]I will note that the acearch example of the Capito hybrid is only 3.41 g., so even lighter than mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a totally unscientific comparison, here are the weights in grams of all my other Republican coins, in chronological order from 138 BCE to 47 BCE, with the Capito in the appropriate place : 3.8, 3.8, 3.89, 3.67, 3.82, 3.9, 3.83, 3.85, 4.97, 4.02, 3.8, 3.93, 3.8, 3.85, [<b>3.44</b>], 3.6, 3.84, 3.79, 3.96, 3.87, 3.9, 3.93, 3.77, 4.25, 3.82, 3.98, 4.0.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it's clearly very light for a Roman Republic silver denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add: Regarding the even lighter second example of this hybrid that I found on acsearch, I find it interesting that Gorny & Mosch (twice) and Kunker (once) sold the coin three times in the last 10 years without suggesting that it might be plated, although they did mention the different control-numbers on the obverse and reverse (something that would have been difficult to avoid mentioning given how clear both numbers are on that example) -- without ever pointing out that this type is supposed to have the same number on both sides, or using the word "hybrid." Does that surprise anyone?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4715929, member: 110350"]I will note that the acearch example of the Capito hybrid is only 3.41 g., so even lighter than mine. As a totally unscientific comparison, here are the weights in grams of all my other Republican coins, in chronological order from 138 BCE to 47 BCE, with the Capito in the appropriate place : 3.8, 3.8, 3.89, 3.67, 3.82, 3.9, 3.83, 3.85, 4.97, 4.02, 3.8, 3.93, 3.8, 3.85, [[B]3.44[/B]], 3.6, 3.84, 3.79, 3.96, 3.87, 3.9, 3.93, 3.77, 4.25, 3.82, 3.98, 4.0. So it's clearly very light for a Roman Republic silver denarius. Edited to add: Regarding the even lighter second example of this hybrid that I found on acsearch, I find it interesting that Gorny & Mosch (twice) and Kunker (once) sold the coin three times in the last 10 years without suggesting that it might be plated, although they did mention the different control-numbers on the obverse and reverse (something that would have been difficult to avoid mentioning given how clear both numbers are on that example) -- without ever pointing out that this type is supposed to have the same number on both sides, or using the word "hybrid." Does that surprise anyone?[/QUOTE]
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