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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 2694127, member: 80804&quot;]Weight is all fine and well to consider as a potential factor in determining authenticity, but what I find most important is examination of the coin itself since Roman denarii were typically minted &quot;al marco&quot; meaning that for a specific amount of metal delivered to the mint, there was an expectation of a certain number of finished coins and a certain finished weight of the whole batch of coins - however, there was almost no control over the individual coins&#039; weights.&nbsp; Although &lt;2g is a little unusual, it&#039;s hardly unheard of in Severan denarii.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen certainly authentic denarii as low as 1.5g.</p><p>That said, even though the photos aren&#039;t particularly well focused, I see nothing to make me suspect this relatively common piece is anything other than authentic.&nbsp; Perhaps, however, if I had it in-hand, I might see something the unfocused photos do not reveal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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