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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2686886, member: 51347"]I have a couple "hefty" Denarii that are above the 4.0g mark. Kinda fun to have a fat one!</p><p><br /></p><p>Since they made so many to a pound, then they would weigh out a batch. If there was too much weight for the quantity, then they started "scooping" silver off the coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I always felt these may had been the earlier ones minted in the batch, and you got a little extra silver! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>None of my thoughts may be true, but being a manufacturing guy, I could just imagine the minting / production process and everyday issues... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601917[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Aemilius Scaurus and Plautius Hypsaeus 58 BC AR Denarius camel scorpion quadriga 4.1g 19mm Rome Craw 422/1b</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601920[/ATTACH]</p><p>RImp Julius Caesar Lifetime P Sepullius Macer AR Den Jan-Mar 44 BCE 4.03g. CAESAR – DICT PERPETVO Veiled - Venus Victory sceptre star Syd 1074a Sear Imperators 107e Craw 480-14 Rare -2[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2686886, member: 51347"]I have a couple "hefty" Denarii that are above the 4.0g mark. Kinda fun to have a fat one! Since they made so many to a pound, then they would weigh out a batch. If there was too much weight for the quantity, then they started "scooping" silver off the coins. :) I always felt these may had been the earlier ones minted in the batch, and you got a little extra silver! :D None of my thoughts may be true, but being a manufacturing guy, I could just imagine the minting / production process and everyday issues... :) [ATTACH=full]601917[/ATTACH] RR Aemilius Scaurus and Plautius Hypsaeus 58 BC AR Denarius camel scorpion quadriga 4.1g 19mm Rome Craw 422/1b [ATTACH=full]601920[/ATTACH] RImp Julius Caesar Lifetime P Sepullius Macer AR Den Jan-Mar 44 BCE 4.03g. CAESAR – DICT PERPETVO Veiled - Venus Victory sceptre star Syd 1074a Sear Imperators 107e Craw 480-14 Rare -2[/QUOTE]
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