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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3178097, member: 96864&quot;]Nice pieces, the ones with extra lumpy cracked edges like your 1st example are particularly appealing to me. Collecting more should be both rewarding and affordable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was wondering if anyone knows what kind of purchasing power these debased mid-late 3rd century tetradrachms represented? While we&#039;re at it, what is the numismatic delineation between Billon and Potin in terms of silver content, or is the choice of terminology more a subjective matter?</p><p><br /></p><p>When you see a big bronze Ptolemaic drachm that is 8 times as heavy as a later Roman tetradrachm it makes me curious about what the coins would actually purchase.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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