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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3595438, member: 93416&quot;]Thanks.&nbsp; A big range in the case you point to (3.09g to 4.28g)&nbsp; and it looks like 3.6 to 4.2 is pretty typical.&nbsp; Surely this looks nothing like most earlier Greek silver, which is much better weight controlled?&nbsp; Odd then that there is so little relevant comment on the web, as far as I can see.</p><p><br /></p><p>What it does seem to resemble is the Imperial Mauryan issues of c. 350-180 BC in India.&nbsp; A tight average close to 3.43g, but individual coins straying from 3.1g to 3.7g.&nbsp; And in that case too, the 25% debasement suggests a big fiat component of value.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Its an interesting question. My own guess would be that most Romans did not care at all,&nbsp; they selected blindly (as far the good silver issues went <u>during</u> the main RR period).&nbsp; Thus all the talk about selection is maybe just a 20th century numismatic obsession?&nbsp; I am content to be proved wrong if anyone has evidence.&nbsp; But, so far, the matter of variation seems largely ignored.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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