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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2127444, member: 19463&quot;]My list one is an as.&nbsp; The range on this period is greater than you might like but 16g is certainly a sestertius.&nbsp; I do not have a Victory.</p><p>21.1g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]404483[/ATTACH] </p><p>20.9g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]404484[/ATTACH] </p><p>20.2g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]404485[/ATTACH] </p><p>16.8g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]404486[/ATTACH] </p><p>21.3g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]404487[/ATTACH] </p><p>11.5g -&nbsp; Test me on this:&nbsp; More often asses of the period are on rounder flans with rounded over edges while sestertii often have one or more flattened side as if the flan were cut from a bar rather than cast individually.&nbsp; Edges often look more squared off than rounded over.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]404488[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Going out on a limb:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2302649" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2302649" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2302649</a></p><p>The above &#039;as&#039; is 14.43g and 30mm.&nbsp; I say is is a light sestertius misidentified by the seller.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2302649" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2302649" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2302649</a></p><p>Above is 12.53g and 24mm and is a heavy but legitimate as IMHO.</p><p><br /></p><p>I go more by the size of the dies than the weight here.&nbsp; The as flan at 25mm allows just as much of the circle of dots as does a 30mm sestertius.&nbsp; If that 14.43g coin were an as, the 30mm flan should show extra margins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do know that I believe major auction houses should employ someone who knows more than I do about this but Gordian III is a bit beneath the notice of a place like Roma so I doubt they looked twice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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