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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3079032, member: 19463&quot;]I never could bring myself to decide between these two dupondii of the type.&nbsp; One has much more detail but lousy surfaces.&nbsp; The wear on the second one probably accounts for much of the weight difference.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>12.1g[ATTACH=full]774982[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>10.2g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]774983[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>We should mention a special &#039;class&#039; of Severan asses called &#039;cast in Gaul&#039; (<i>coulee en Galle</i>) in Cohen.&nbsp; These are underweight ancient copies often sold in the trade without mention of their being unofficial.&nbsp; I would like to know more about them.&nbsp; I do note that an unusually high percentage seem to be &#039;better&#039; types from a collector&#039;s viewpoint which makes them more questionable in my view.&nbsp; Finding anything on the subject has not been easy.&nbsp; Help! </p><p><br /></p><p>5.2g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]774985[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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