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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2350864, member: 51347&quot;]I won at an auction last week, and finally received my Roman Republic </p><p>Aes Grave Sextans.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I was talking with [USER=75563]@ancientcoinguru[/USER] the other day, explaining how I was happy to win this auction...&nbsp; Then it hit me:&nbsp; the Sextans were the &quot;pocket change&quot; during the time of the early Roman Republic!&nbsp; This Aes Grave Sextans <u>ONLY</u> weighs 55g... A Sextans is 2 Unciae or a SIXTH of an As... When an As weighs a Roman Libral Pound or 341-270g depending on the issuance, then my Sextans at 55g is only <b><i>CHUMP CHANGE</i></b> to those huge-Asses!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, and we all thought those AE Ptolemaic coins were hefty!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]478664[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>Æ Aes Grave Sextans </b></p><p>Anonymous Issue </p><p>Circa 270 BCE </p><p>37mm, 55.28 g, 12h. ....12.3mm THICK!</p><p>Libral standard. Uncertain mint. </p><p>Obv: Head of Dioscurus right; two pellets (mark of value) behind</p><p>Rev: Head of Dioscurus left; two pellets (mark of value) behind. </p><p>Crawford 18/5; ICC 37; HN Italy 283. </p><p>Comments: attractive dark green patina.</p><p><i>Ex: CNG; Auktionshaus Meister &amp; Sonntag 2 (20 September 2004), lot 1031.</i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]478668[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]478669[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Comparative picture of an Aes Grave As in a hand (Takes 6 of my Sextans to an As)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]478662[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(I understand in Latin: Aes Grave is pronounced &#039;Ice Graway&#039;).</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Please feel free to post any Roman Republic cool cast coins, or any OTHER cool cast coins! (Yeah, even some monster Ptolemies would be fun!)</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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