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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 7589319, member: 82549&quot;]I have several &quot;Golden Age&quot; denarii in my collection in the 2.7 - 2.9 g range. Could be a combination of wear, mineral leaching, etc. Usually the weight was determined for a large number of flans rather than for an individual one. If, say, 100 flans totaled 340g, then that was good enough. No one worried if one particular flan was a little light or heavy.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the extreme end, here&#039;s a denarius of Commodus weighing in at only 2.0g:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307467[/ATTACH]</p><p>Silver Denarius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 192</p><p>Obv: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL</p><p>Rev: P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P - Pietas, seated, facing left, holding scepter in left hand and reaching out with right hand to small child, in front. Star in left field.</p><p>RIC 236</p><p>18mm, 2.0g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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