My biggest and heaviest ancient coin

Hi folks,

Inspired on @ancientone's tiny coin topic, I decided to share with everybody my biggest and heaviest ancient coin.
Roman Republic - Circa 225-217 BC. Æ Aes Grave As (62mm, 271g, 12h). Libral standard. Rome mint. Head of bearded Janus on a raised disk / Prow of galley left; | (mark of value) above; all on a raised disk. Crawford 36/1; Thurlow & Vecchi 57; HN Italy 337; Sydenham 78




(This last pic looks like to me a flying saucer...)

Well, here is! Post your huge coins or your Aes Gravii!
Comments are welcomed!

Cheers,

Paulo Gerritsen Plaggert

 

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Wow that things a beast. Very nice.

 

this is awesome

 

Gorgeous Aes Grave @Multatuli, I bet it feels wonderful to hold!

My largest Greek coin...AE69 from Olbia, 117 grams.


later 5th-4th century BC
Olbia, Danubian District
AE 69 - 117.01 gm
Obv: Gorgoneion.
Rx: Sea eagle flying r., dolphin in talons, A-P-I-X around.
Reference: SNG BM Black Sea-383, Anochin-168, SNG Stancomb-343.

The renowned Athenian admiral Perikles promoted the ascendancy of democratic governments in various Black Sea cities, Olbia among them, in conjunction with his expedition to the region. The reverse of the present coin symbolically depicts this transformation, as Zeus's eagle, associated with democracy, dominates and controls the dolphin of Apollo Delphinos, whose cult was popular among the defeated Olbian oligarchy.

 

Wow! What a fabulous coin! And great history too!

 

cool coins.

 

Wow that thing is huge! Over a half pound of copper!

Not as big as Swedish plate money though... but probably also not as expensive.

 

In the hand are picture much beter WOW

 

Thats awesome. I just have this little guy. AE40 46.5 g.

 

What a massive disk! Imagine carrying a few of those around in a satchel. Pretty tired arms.

 

What an awesome As Multatuli , must have cost you an arm and perhaps a leg too.

This As is from around 200 BC, the weight dropped in a 20 years period from a whopping 270 gram to only 40 gram. But it's still one of my heaviest coins I own.

 

Nice As @Multatuli ! I am slowly working up the scale!

My LARGEST AES - Cast Coin:



RR Aes Grave Anon 280-276 BCE Triens 46mm 90.3g 9.3mm thick Tbolt-Dolphin Rome Crawford 14-3 T Vecchi 3



My LARGEST STAMPED Coin:


Carthage AE 15-Shekel 45mm dia 7.5mm thick 102.6g 201-175 BCE Hannibal Tanit 4hoove down Horse SNG Cop 400 RARE 1

Hannibal struck these in Carthage after losing the 2nd Punic War to clean up the financial mess that Carthage was in!

 

I don't do ancients (yet), but that thing is huge. curious as to what it buys during its time period ? thanks for sharing.

 

It wasn't really cheap...
The advantage was that I got it from an old collection of a former italian-brazilian industry magnate, and here in Brazil we can charge it split in monthly installments!

 

Very nice! I got to hold one at a show a few months back. It has been on the want list since.

On the want list now.

These are also on the want list. What can I say? I love giant crust ancient coins.

 

@Multatuli Great coin, and left facing prow! My prow is right and weighs less.
A Ramo Secco cast bar. Not quite a coin, but heavy at 826 grams; Length = 62 mm, Width = 77 mm, Height = 36 mm.

 

Amazing!!
If you someday want to sell it, or get tired of having it in your collection, let me know !! Please!!!

 

Impressive! The in-hand pictures are fabulous

 

Big coins are very impressive. Here is a large diameter (47 mm!) silver coin.

It is Samnid, possibly of Nuh bin Nasr, struck c. 365-387 AH = 976-997 AD.
14.78 grams. 47 mm.
Stuck in the mining regions of the Hindu Kush. Broome (A Handbook of Islamic Coins, published in 1985) says hoards of these were found in Afghanistan.
The quality of the silver is good, but the quality of the production was poor. A large supply of silver from mines encourages the issue of large denomination coins which are effectively bullion pieces which were used to trade with far-away regions which used the silver to make their own coins.

 

That is an awesome GREAT BIG COIN @Multatuli!