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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4791307, member: 85693&quot;]Good to see Doug brought up the weight issue.&nbsp; In addition to varying bronze issues, there seems to be a kind of &quot;heavy&quot; antoninianus that shows up.&nbsp; I think this was discussed in a CT thread somewhere. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mine - at 5.39 grams it is significantly heavier than a normal ant.&nbsp;&nbsp; The diameter is normal, but it is unusually thick. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164260[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan Decius&nbsp; Antoninianus </b></p><p><b>(249 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome mint </b></p><p>IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left with wreath and palm.&nbsp; </p><p>RIC 29c; RSC 113a; Sear 9387</p><p>(5.39 grams / 22 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I also had a semis, which came in an eBay lot - I had difficulty attributing it, but CTers helped me:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164259[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan Decius Æ Semis <b>(or &quot;Reduced As&quot;)</b></b></p><p><b>(249-251 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / S-C, Mars standing resting hand on shield and holding spear.</p><p>RIC 128; Cohen 102.</p><p>(3.39 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:&nbsp; </b></p><p>...However, in AD 250, Decius overhauled the bronze coinage by introducing a new denomination, the double-sestertius, and by reintroducing a small bronze piece about the size of the long-since-abandoned semis, which probably was intended to be “reduced as”.</p><p>NGC Ancients: The Numismatic Legacy of Trajan Decius</p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5953/ancient-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5953/ancient-coins/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5953/ancient-coins/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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