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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Basileus Antialcidas, post: 6642750, member: 112443&quot;]So I just received my first Ptolemaic AE and by far the largest coin of my collection, 43mm 70g Ptolemy IV ! I was wondering why would they make such big coins? What would be the use for it? It seems quite impractical to have such heavy coins (I imagine several) with you to just go and buy something casually, as I suspect being a bronze coin it should not hold a huge value, but rather a face value that would not have to do anything with the metal&#039;s weight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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