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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3251970, member: 19463&quot;]The coins of the times and places discussed here are interesting in the way they differed in approach from those of Rome that most of us find more familiar.&nbsp; We see coins of great diameter and thin fabric that weigh the same as coins of considerable thickness struck on oversize dies that guarantee no single coin will bear the whole design.&nbsp; We see an aversion to changing the basic design over long periods but with major style changes&nbsp; reminding me of the old owls of Athens.&nbsp; There are even coins of the same size and weight that separate denominations by alloy.&nbsp; Rome tried this once at the start of the Fel Temp coins but it did not last long at all.&nbsp; A person like myself whose background is Greek and Roman can find all this quite strange and either fascinating or confusing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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