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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2683425, member: 75525&quot;][USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]&nbsp; Nice coin and write-up! </p><p>Just as Republican Rome expanded, RR coin collections tend to expand. The tuff part for me is to figure out what belongs in my collection and what is really neat, but just outside of bounds. From two recent auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I put this really neat coin of Bruttium just outside.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]600377[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This Pb Conch shell that might have been used for weighing Aes Rude I put just inside.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]600380[/ATTACH] </p><p>Conchiglia piombo, probabilmente utilizzata come peso monetale.PB.g. 55.00mm. 32.00</p><p>In English thanks to google translate - </p><p>Clamshell lead, probably used as coinage weight. PB. g. 55.00 mm. 32.00</p><p>Note that 55 X 6 = 330 =&gt; this is about the weight of an early Roman Sextans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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