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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 24924753, member: 10613"]The weight is a little low as these usually fall between 3.5- 4.5g; but that is not a problem. You often find underweight and overweight coins. These coins were struck at X amount per Roman pound and though the weights are remarkably consistent it is not unusual to find coins outside the range. <i>Al pezzo</i> is fixing individual coins; but these Roman coins were struck <i>al marco</i> meaning the individual coin weight is less important than getting the proper amount of coins per pound. For every underweight coin, an overweight coin (or several a little heavier) would have been struck from that specific pound.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 24924753, member: 10613"]The weight is a little low as these usually fall between 3.5- 4.5g; but that is not a problem. You often find underweight and overweight coins. These coins were struck at X amount per Roman pound and though the weights are remarkably consistent it is not unusual to find coins outside the range. [I]Al pezzo[/I] is fixing individual coins; but these Roman coins were struck [I]al marco[/I] meaning the individual coin weight is less important than getting the proper amount of coins per pound. For every underweight coin, an overweight coin (or several a little heavier) would have been struck from that specific pound.[/QUOTE]
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