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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2686879, member: 75525"]The answer is that weights varied a good bit. Heavy examples of the earliest denarii (211 BC) weighed 4.5 grams or more. The weight dropped to 4.0 grams about 200 BC and varied, but usually going lower. If you want to know about a coin you want to buy, look for examples on CNG, acsearch, wildwinds, VCoins, MA Shops, etc. You can see what other examples look like and get a feel for size and weight. I give 3 examples below. I just bought a Chilo. I stopped recording examples at 100, but you can see a plot of weights. Below are coins of NATTA and Balbus. It is interesting that the more recent coin weighs a bit more, but both average 3.8 grams with a 0.2 Standard Deviation. </p><p><br /></p><p>L. Flaminius Cilo, Cr 302/1, 109 BC</p><p>[ATTACH]601910[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]601895[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>NATTA, Cr 208/1, 149 BC</p><p>[ATTACH]601911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]601912[/ATTACH] </p><p>Max 4.08 grams; 20.7 mm</p><p>Min 3.21 grams; 17.0 mm</p><p>Avg 3.781 grams; 19.047 mm</p><p>St Dev 0.222 grams; 1.064 mm</p><p>examples = 62</p><p><br /></p><p>Balbus, Cr 316/1, 105 BC</p><p>Max 4.06 23</p><p>Min 2.79 15</p><p>Avg 3.82 19.3</p><p>St Dev 0.195 1.24[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2686879, member: 75525"]The answer is that weights varied a good bit. Heavy examples of the earliest denarii (211 BC) weighed 4.5 grams or more. The weight dropped to 4.0 grams about 200 BC and varied, but usually going lower. If you want to know about a coin you want to buy, look for examples on CNG, acsearch, wildwinds, VCoins, MA Shops, etc. You can see what other examples look like and get a feel for size and weight. I give 3 examples below. I just bought a Chilo. I stopped recording examples at 100, but you can see a plot of weights. Below are coins of NATTA and Balbus. It is interesting that the more recent coin weighs a bit more, but both average 3.8 grams with a 0.2 Standard Deviation. L. Flaminius Cilo, Cr 302/1, 109 BC [ATTACH]601910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]601895[/ATTACH] NATTA, Cr 208/1, 149 BC [ATTACH]601911[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]601912[/ATTACH] Max 4.08 grams; 20.7 mm Min 3.21 grams; 17.0 mm Avg 3.781 grams; 19.047 mm St Dev 0.222 grams; 1.064 mm examples = 62 Balbus, Cr 316/1, 105 BC Max 4.06 23 Min 2.79 15 Avg 3.82 19.3 St Dev 0.195 1.24[/QUOTE]
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