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<p>[QUOTE="Andrew McCabe, post: 3540690, member: 90666"]I now no longer think it was an error. Can't be proved but I suspect they needed a small volume and just made one reverse die for two denominations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Weights never mattered for such small denominations. Right until the end of the second century, Uncia and semuncia denominations were occasionally issued often weighing the same as quadrantes from the same period. Romans didn't seem to care about the weight of their bronze coins only that the size (diameter) was normal and the coins looked official. They spent bronzes based on the denominations marked and recognised the denominations from the obverse types.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew McCabe, post: 3540690, member: 90666"]I now no longer think it was an error. Can't be proved but I suspect they needed a small volume and just made one reverse die for two denominations. Weights never mattered for such small denominations. Right until the end of the second century, Uncia and semuncia denominations were occasionally issued often weighing the same as quadrantes from the same period. Romans didn't seem to care about the weight of their bronze coins only that the size (diameter) was normal and the coins looked official. They spent bronzes based on the denominations marked and recognised the denominations from the obverse types.[/QUOTE]
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