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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1532146, member: 19463&quot;]While gathering SA bronzes, don&#039;t forget the Provincials.&nbsp; This is an AE33 of Antioch in Pisidia.</p><p>[ATTACH]202911.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My lightest SA sestertius is 19g.&nbsp; Judging only from my coins, the sestertii stayed pretty good size until late in the reign of Philip.&nbsp; I do have one rather light Decius but even it is over 11g so I&#039;d not hesitate to call anything under 10g an as.&nbsp; Later asses were mostly presentation specials like New Year&#039;s donatives, I believe, making me wonder if they may have traded above face (like Maundy money???).&nbsp;&nbsp; I wonder what an as would buy in 235 AD?&nbsp; Not much?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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