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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1689042, member: 19463"]The biggest round Roman coin (not a medal) is probably the aes grave decussis. They are very rare but the British Museum has one:</p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3017922&partid=1&searchText=decussis&numpages=12&output=bibliography/!!/OR/!!/6738/!//!/A+catalogue+of+the+Roman+Republican+Coins+in+the+British+Museum,+with+descriptions+and+chronology+based+on+M.H.+Crawford,+Roman+Republican+Coinage+(1974)/!//!!//!!!/&sortBy=catNumber&orig=/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/russian_icons/catalogue_of_russian_icons.aspx&catalogueOnly=True&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=Roman%20Republican%20Coins%20in%20the%20British%20Museum&displayEssayResults=True&currentPage=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3017922&partid=1&searchText=decussis&numpages=12&output=bibliography/!!/OR/!!/6738/!//!/A+catalogue+of+the+Roman+Republican+Coins+in+the+British+Museum,+with+descriptions+and+chronology+based+on+M.H.+Crawford,+Roman+Republican+Coinage+(1974)/!//!!//!!!/&sortBy=catNumber&orig=/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/russian_icons/catalogue_of_russian_icons.aspx&catalogueOnly=True&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=Roman%20Republican%20Coins%20in%20the%20British%20Museum&displayEssayResults=True&currentPage=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3017922&partid=1&searchText=decussis&numpages=12&output=bibliography/!!/OR/!!/6738/!//!/A+catalogue+of+the+Roman+Republican+Coins+in+the+British+Museum,+with+descriptions+and+chronology+based+on+M.H.+Crawford,+Roman+Republican+Coinage+(1974)/!//!!//!!!/&sortBy=catNumber&orig=/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/russian_icons/catalogue_of_russian_icons.aspx&catalogueOnly=True&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=Roman%20Republican%20Coins%20in%20the%20British%20Museum&displayEssayResults=True&currentPage=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For most of us a liberal as is plenty large. I saw a gorgeous one at the last Baltimore show for $9k and a dog for $3k.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you will accept rectangular bullion bars as coins, the Romans did them well:</p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1171046&partid=1&searchText=as&numpages=12&output=bibliography%2f!!%2fOR%2f!!%2f6738%2f!%2f%2f!%2fA+catalogue+of+the+Roman+Republican+Coins+in+the+British+Museum%2c+with+descriptions+and+chronology+based+on+M.H.+Crawford%2c+Roman+Republican+Coinage+(1974)%2f!%2f%2f!!%2f%2f!!!%2f&sortBy=catNumber&orig=%2fresearch%2fpublications%2fonline_research_catalogues%2frussian_icons%2fcatalogue_of_russian_icons.aspx&catalogueOnly=True&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=Roman%20Republican%20Coins%20in%20the%20British%20Museum&displayEssayResults=True&currentPage=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1171046&partid=1&searchText=as&numpages=12&output=bibliography%2f!!%2fOR%2f!!%2f6738%2f!%2f%2f!%2fA+catalogue+of+the+Roman+Republican+Coins+in+the+British+Museum%2c+with+descriptions+and+chronology+based+on+M.H.+Crawford%2c+Roman+Republican+Coinage+(1974)%2f!%2f%2f!!%2f%2f!!!%2f&sortBy=catNumber&orig=%2fresearch%2fpublications%2fonline_research_catalogues%2frussian_icons%2fcatalogue_of_russian_icons.aspx&catalogueOnly=True&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=Roman%20Republican%20Coins%20in%20the%20British%20Museum&displayEssayResults=True&currentPage=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1171046&partid=1&searchText=as&numpages=12&output=bibliography/!!/OR/!!/6738/!//!/A+catalogue+of+the+Roman+Republican+Coins+in+the+British+Museum,+with+descriptions+and+chronology+based+on+M.H.+Crawford,+Roman+Republican+Coinage+(1974)/!//!!//!!!/&sortBy=catNumber&orig=/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/russian_icons/catalogue_of_russian_icons.aspx&catalogueOnly=True&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum&displayEssayResults=True&currentPage=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, my big coin is Ptolemaic AE46 90.1g:</p><p>[ATTACH]254980.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1689042, member: 19463"]The biggest round Roman coin (not a medal) is probably the aes grave decussis. They are very rare but the British Museum has one: [URL="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3017922&partid=1&searchText=decussis&numpages=12&output=bibliography/!!/OR/!!/6738/!//!/A+catalogue+of+the+Roman+Republican+Coins+in+the+British+Museum,+with+descriptions+and+chronology+based+on+M.H.+Crawford,+Roman+Republican+Coinage+(1974)/!//!!//!!!/&sortBy=catNumber&orig=/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/russian_icons/catalogue_of_russian_icons.aspx&catalogueOnly=True&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=Roman%20Republican%20Coins%20in%20the%20British%20Museum&displayEssayResults=True¤tPage=1"]http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3017922&partid=1&searchText=decussis&numpages=12&output=bibliography/!!/OR/!!/6738/!//!/A+catalogue+of+the+Roman+Republican+Coins+in+the+British+Museum,+with+descriptions+and+chronology+based+on+M.H.+Crawford,+Roman+Republican+Coinage+(1974)/!//!!//!!!/&sortBy=catNumber&orig=/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/russian_icons/catalogue_of_russian_icons.aspx&catalogueOnly=True&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=Roman%20Republican%20Coins%20in%20the%20British%20Museum&displayEssayResults=True¤tPage=1[/URL] For most of us a liberal as is plenty large. I saw a gorgeous one at the last Baltimore show for $9k and a dog for $3k. If you will accept rectangular bullion bars as coins, the Romans did them well: [URL]http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1171046&partid=1&searchText=as&numpages=12&output=bibliography%2f!!%2fOR%2f!!%2f6738%2f!%2f%2f!%2fA+catalogue+of+the+Roman+Republican+Coins+in+the+British+Museum%2c+with+descriptions+and+chronology+based+on+M.H.+Crawford%2c+Roman+Republican+Coinage+(1974)%2f!%2f%2f!!%2f%2f!!!%2f&sortBy=catNumber&orig=%2fresearch%2fpublications%2fonline_research_catalogues%2frussian_icons%2fcatalogue_of_russian_icons.aspx&catalogueOnly=True&catparentPageId=29126&catalogueName=Roman%20Republican%20Coins%20in%20the%20British%20Museum&displayEssayResults=True¤tPage=1[/URL] Personally, my big coin is Ptolemaic AE46 90.1g: [ATTACH]254980.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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