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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7964730, member: 57495&quot;]<b>7.15g</b> Claudius II Kevin Special:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380924[/ATTACH]<b>CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus. AE Antoninianus. Struck on a broad and extremely heavy flan. 7.15g, 27.1mm. Rome mint, circa end AD 268 - end AD 269. New RIC V/1 Online temp #262. O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding long sceptre in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand.7.15g, 27.1mm. Rome mint, circa end AD 268 - end AD 269. New RIC V/1 Online temp #262. O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding long sceptre in right hand and thunderbolt in left hand. </p><p><i>Ex Finn Johannessen Collection; ex Emporium Hamburg 56 (30 Nov 2006) lot 556</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure if mine is the heaviest one out there, but a 12-15g examples of Trajan Decius sestertii seem alot more common than this <b>28g</b> chonkster:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380927[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TRAJAN DECIUS</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 28.32g, 32.7mm. Rome mint, AD 249-250. RIC 112a (scarce); Cohen 18. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right. R: DACIA, Dacia standing left holding staff surmounted by a wolf-like head (draco); S-C in field. </p><p><i>Ex Behnen Collection (acquired from Coin Galleries, 24 June 1966)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>RIC gives a weight range of 4-5.5g for this particular Jupiter standing issue of Licinius, making this <b>7.4g</b> quite an outlier: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380929[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>LICINIUS I</b></p><p>AE Follis. 7.41g, 22.8mm. Nicomedia mint, circa AD 311. RIC VI Nicomedia 69a corr. (no eagle at feet). O: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate head right. R: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, chlamys hanging behind, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; A in right field, SMN in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (1853-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Heaviest Postumus ant, <b>5.98g</b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380930[/ATTACH]<b>POSTUMUS</b></p><p>Billon Antoninianus. 5.98g, 23.9mm. Trier mint, 1st emission, 2nd phase, AD 260-261. RIC V 87; Mairat 1; AGK 88c; RSC 355b. O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: SALVS PROVINCIARVM, horned river-god Rhine reclining left, resting on urn, holding anchor and resting hand on prow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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