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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5599029, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you for your input - I think that is a good question - there may not have been two separate denominations.&nbsp; This I say because reading around online there does not seem to be any real evidence for two denominations.&nbsp; Or for one big sloppy single denomination either!&nbsp; Who knows? </p><p><br /></p><p>There does seem to be a 2 to 1.5 gram range and then a 1 to 0.5 gram range, which does support the 2 lepta = 1 prutah theory.&nbsp; But there is a lot of variance.&nbsp; But ancient AEs in general are not very consistent (perhaps indicating more of a token coinage approach to base metal).&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The stylistic variations were interesting - I am 24 hours into Alexander Jannaeus research, so I am very far from knowing much.&nbsp; But some of his little AEs are really quite nicely-rendered (I think mine qualifies for this - I think Alegandron&#039;s above is also one of the nicer ones).&nbsp; The lettering for such a tiny coin can be exquisite.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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