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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RichardT, post: 3799468, member: 100005&quot;]I was planning to bid on those aurei myself!</p><p><br /></p><p>But... at least a few aurei in that sale had weights which I felt were far too light for the wear they exhibited. I.e. I suspect they were clipped, but they weren&#039;t described as such.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take for example this pre-reform aureus of Nero. It should weigh about 7.6g but the listed weight was 6.72g. No clipping mentioned in the description.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014655[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Or this one which should weigh about 7.2g but has a listed weight of just 5.90g. Also no clipping mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014656[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All in all I had doubts about the seller so I passed on the whole lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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