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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2473627, member: 51347&quot;]My Triens is <b><i>602 TIMES larger</i></b> weight than my Tetartemorion!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ionia, Kolophon, 6th-century BC</b></p><p>AR tetartemorion,<b> 0.15g</b>; 530-520 BC</p><p>Obv.: Archaic head of Apollo left.</p><p>Rev.: Incuse punch.</p><p>Reference: SNG Kayhan 343</p><p>[ATTACH=full]520878[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p>Anonymous issue</p><p>Aes Grave <b>Triens</b> , Libral Standard</p><p>46mm, <b>90.3g</b>, (OH! and 9.3mm THICK!)</p><p>280-276 BCE</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>Obv: Thunderbolt; •• •• across field.</p><p>Rev. Dolphin right; •••• below.</p><p>Ref: Crawford 14/3; Haeberlin pl. 39, 7-10. Thurlow &amp; Vecchi 3; Sear 538</p><p><br /></p><p>It is purported that Ancient Greeks sometimes carried their coins in their mouths...easily understood with a Tetartemorion... But WOW, think if a Roman did the same with an Aes Grave???&nbsp; LOL <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>LOL, but [USER=75179]@Valentinianvs[/USER] blows us all away with 2093 times heavier with his coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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