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As promised for AM, Julia Maesa Denarius 218-220 AD, Obverse - JVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right Reverse - FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecvnditas standing left extending hand over child & holding cornucopiae RIC 249   I will snap a couple more for you later. |
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Man those Severan women look tuff!  She could pass for a female Rambo or Arnold schwarzenegger! Very nice coin Tenbob! |
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Thx guys Your right AM regarding their tuff looks, much like a lot of the women in my town  I have another Julia coin that I will do next  |
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much like a lot of the women in my town Oh dear  Just out of curiosity; what is the weight of this coin? |
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It weighs 2.26g AM,
Is this what you expected ?
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That is about right for these issues. Starting in the latter half of the second century the Denarius really dropped in weight. I have seen some Severan Denarii that could have passed for a Quinarius ( about 2 grams) a century before. Curious to say the least.  Edited by Augustus Maximus
03/13/2015 8:23 pm
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Funny you should mention the 2g weight denarius. Here's one from Valerian that although broken probably wouldn't have weighed more than 2g, only a few decades after the Julia maesa,   It weighs 1.33g as is, probably only weighed approx. 1.8g at the most and its wafer thin. |
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That is a nice coin. Shame it's been chipped. By the time Valerian ascended to the purple, the Roman coinage was in a death spiral.
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03/13/2015 10:49 pm
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that's a solid julia m. TB.
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Thx Dutch,Chrsmat. Many thx AM for the link, I will hit it later on. Continuing the theme of lightweight coins of this period, here is a Severus Alexander coin which has a curious weight   Doing quick math because its in its flip, the coin only weighs in at 1.40g. Is this what they call a " limes " issue coin or is there another name for it ? TIA. |
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At first thought it looked like a limes denarius too. Though the obverse looks like it has some silver spots on it? It might just an uncleaned silver denarius. I think that because when Ancient Silver coins come out of the ground they usually are black.
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03/15/2015 09:56 am
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It definitely has silver content AM but to what level I am unsure.
There is a match for it - RIC 64.
Mine weighs in at half the weight of that one though which is a little puzzling.
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The silver content is around 42%, give or take 5% or so.
That is still very very light weight for a denarius. Sorry to refer back to that article, but it does address the decline in weight and loss of purchasing power. Which I found to be very interesting and fun to read.
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