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<p>[QUOTE="singig, post: 4951237, member: 93672"]This week we had a couple of threads discussing about low weight or over weight specimens of different types of coins , I would like to show you another interesting low weight coin , a large(34.5 mm) sestertius of Domitian that has only 13.6 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>I compared the coin with two other sestertii , to see the thin flan. Unfortunately there is nothing visible on reverse , but using the remains of the obverse legend .....GERM COS XVI C..... I targeted two possible types : RIC 751 or 752. I'm curious also to know your opinions about.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190092[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190094[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1190095[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Please post your lightest sestertius ! , from any period .</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at my coins I found that all the lightest sestertii before Commodus are around 19 g , I have three Commodus of 17,7 g each(maybe a coincidence) , after this period I have a Decius of 14.9 g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="singig, post: 4951237, member: 93672"]This week we had a couple of threads discussing about low weight or over weight specimens of different types of coins , I would like to show you another interesting low weight coin , a large(34.5 mm) sestertius of Domitian that has only 13.6 grams. I compared the coin with two other sestertii , to see the thin flan. Unfortunately there is nothing visible on reverse , but using the remains of the obverse legend .....GERM COS XVI C..... I targeted two possible types : RIC 751 or 752. I'm curious also to know your opinions about. [ATTACH=full]1190092[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1190094[/ATTACH] [B][ATTACH=full]1190095[/ATTACH] Please post your lightest sestertius ! , from any period .[/B] Looking at my coins I found that all the lightest sestertii before Commodus are around 19 g , I have three Commodus of 17,7 g each(maybe a coincidence) , after this period I have a Decius of 14.9 g.[/QUOTE]
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