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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3595211, member: 85693&quot;]Amateur&#039;s opinions here - some of the later Roman Republican denarii run a little light, at least based on my small collection.&nbsp; A weight of 3.61 would be fine with me.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a light RR denarius I recently got.&nbsp; It is only 3.13 grams which would generally lead me to suspect a fake.&nbsp; However, it is very, very worn. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, it is part of a gigantic issue of denarii issued in 46 B.C. for Caesar&#039;s double triumph - many of these are poorly-struck on ragged flans and sometimes they run light.&nbsp; And yet the variation is pretty wide - 46 B.C. issues of T. Carisius, Mn. Cordius Rufus and C. Considius Paetus in my collection (6 specimens) run from 4.01 to 3.17 grams - which is quite a variation.&nbsp; They are all circulated (VF at best).&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the lightest:&nbsp; it&#039;s a dolphin, but just barely: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]961273[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman</b> <b>Republic&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>Mn. Cordius Rufus </b></p><p><b>(46 B.C.)&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>RVFVS•S•C, diademed head of Venus right / [MN•COR]DIVS Cupid riding on dolphin right.&nbsp; </p><p>Crawford 463/3; Cordia 3; Sydenham 977.</p><p>(3.13 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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