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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2985577, member: 19463&quot;]I have trouble knowing how much to allow for the damage but this seems small for an obol and I see no obverse legend in the image which leave open the more scarce/rare dichalkon Emmett 1203 rather than the larger and common obol Emmett 1169.&nbsp; I do not own the books quoted by Ken so I do not know if any of them listed the smaller coin.&nbsp; My obol weighs 4.3g making the OP coin light even considering the breakage. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]735378[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My Trajan dichalkon weighs 2.06g and is intact.&nbsp; I do not own a Hadrian of this denomination but would suggest first looking for even a trace of obverse legend since the Hadrian dichalkons had no obverse legends at all.&nbsp; One bit of a letter means it started as an obol as Ken quoted.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]735379[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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