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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3775017, member: 19463&quot;]Do you have a weight on the Plautilla?&nbsp; Asses of this period come in two versions.&nbsp; The normal ones can weigh twice the ones called &#039;Cast in Gaul&#039;.&nbsp; 5 to 6g. would suggest a cast.&nbsp; These are noticeably thinner and less detailed than the regular issues.&nbsp; It is hard to tell from the photo whether the Plautilla was just worn or a cast.&nbsp; One theory was that the &#039;Cast in Gaul&#039; pieces were a money of necessity in regions where there was a shortage of the standard bronzes but I am not aware of any conclusive proof of their status.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have an explanation to the circumstances that caused the two coins of such different date to be found close together?&nbsp; The Nero shows no wear suggesting it circulated until 200 AD so it might seem this is evidence of a site occupied for a long time.&nbsp; Of course that could be as simple as there being a road there and the two were dropped together by pure chance 150 years apart.&nbsp; It is hard to imagine a circumstance that would cause both of those coins to be in a purse and lost together at the same time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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