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And what about this one, 1075 g ! (sold for the modest sum of 224000$  )  |
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Forgot to add that it was 224000$ + fees, so well over 250000$. Just to say that, if your collection focus on this sort of currency, your the kind of guy that needs a chauffeur to get to the wc !
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United States
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Dionysos- wow, is that even really a coin? I mean, it weighs nearly three pounds. If it is, what is the date and issuer of that coin?
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I think they use this as a manhole cover....  |
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Canada
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Archraz, it's from the Roman Republic, around 215 BC. The denomination is a decussis wich, according to the sale info, is the equivalent of a denarius (4 g of silver !!). Interesting write up on the thing here... http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=383536 |
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United Kingdom
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Sale page says only 4 examples are know and this is the only one in public hands, anyone know where the other three are?
I would guess the British Museum and the Smithsonian are good bets but thats all it would be, a guess.
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Edited by bobbyhelmet
10/05/2012 1:22 pm
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Edited by stevex6
10/05/2012 1:23 pm
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I agree, the design is not particularly pleasing. Perhaps sir would prefer a Roman currency-bar from 250BC?  http://www.britishmuseum.org/system...s%20signatumWeighs in at 1746 grams, you wonder at what point it was just easier to carry your livestock around as a form of payment. |
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Very nice coins!  |
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Those are really cool examples of the extreme end of weight. I imagine being cast bronze accounts for the lack of details.  |
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 bobbyhelmet => I agree that it might be easier to merely leash your pig or donkey rather than carry their weight in bronze!! yaw mule, yaw!! =>  => oh, and sir is very impressed with that Roman currency-bar!!  |
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That Signatum must be worth it's weight in livestock nowadays. Very impressive  |
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