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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3157062, member: 44316"]The context was at least every Byzantine-empire transaction involving gold. Usually the official strike of a gold coin is regarded as an official statement about both weight and purity. But, of course, clipping, or forgery, is possible and sometimes seen on Byzantine gold. Grierson, at least in discussion with me, said the ancients regarded gold as so valuable and there was so much to lose if a piece were light, that it was "always weighed."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3157062, member: 44316"]The context was at least every Byzantine-empire transaction involving gold. Usually the official strike of a gold coin is regarded as an official statement about both weight and purity. But, of course, clipping, or forgery, is possible and sometimes seen on Byzantine gold. Grierson, at least in discussion with me, said the ancients regarded gold as so valuable and there was so much to lose if a piece were light, that it was "always weighed."[/QUOTE]
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