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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2068398, member: 42773&quot;]I have this sestertius of Gordian III, which is one of my prized possessions - it&#039;s very satisfying to hold because of its size, but it also has lovely color and detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>We often wonder how the ancients managed the tiny fractional silvers in commerce, but these are equally intriguing. Would you have put a hundred of them in your goat bladder bag to buy something worth an aureus at market? I&#039;m guessing not - probably they were &quot;small&quot; change, in the same way US silver dollars were &quot;small&quot; change.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]382395[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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