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<p>[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 7446035, member: 89514"]I agree with [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] that its size should make this coin a sestertius rather than a middle bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>However the coin has a somewhat funny look to me, as though it might be a modern cast with light tooling to strengthen details. That could explain the very low weight for an Antonine sestertius, since a forger can of course raise or lower the weights of his products as he likes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 7446035, member: 89514"]I agree with [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] that its size should make this coin a sestertius rather than a middle bronze. However the coin has a somewhat funny look to me, as though it might be a modern cast with light tooling to strengthen details. That could explain the very low weight for an Antonine sestertius, since a forger can of course raise or lower the weights of his products as he likes.[/QUOTE]
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