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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 6113642, member: 104741&quot;]That is a nice frog, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER]. Congratulations!</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently acquired two of them in one auction, and I found out I&#039;ve fallen in love aes grave!</p><p>There&#039;s nothing that beats the feeling of holding one of these heavyweights of Roman history in hand. The weight, the size, the feel, the incredibly high profile of the cast, the simplicity of depiction...these coins are physically satisfying in a way no other coin can satisfy.</p><p>I googled a bit and found out the heaviest aes grave ever cast was a &#039;decussis&#039;, worth no less than10 asses. Although cast at a reduced standard, it still weighed in at over 1100gr. Imagine holding that in hand! <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81" rel="nofollow">Декуссис — Википедия (wikipedia.org)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My only regret is, as you rightly pointed out, that collecting them can be a costly undertaking. Fractions are relatively affordable, but once you get to semi&#039;s, asses and dupondii...Guess I&#039;ll have to start saving.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Here is my example from Luceria:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245014[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Love the patina on your frog, [USER=100777]@octavius[/USER]. A poisonous frog!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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