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I'm curious as to what is the largest coin in your collection, either by size or weight? My largest coin is my Sestertius of Nero Claudius Drusus, RIC 109. This coin weighs in at 28.6g and is 35mm (I'd hate to fall in the river with a purse full of these).  What is your largest coin? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here's my largest ancient so far--17.12 gr and 24mm:  |
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 United States
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Mine would be large size Byzantine folles of Justinian I at 39mm.
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United States
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Ptolemaic Kingdom Ptolemy IV, Philopator I, Hemidrachm Alexandria Mint 33.6grams,33.7mm  |
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Australia
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My largest isn't an ancient. You've posted in the ancients section; did you mean to restrict your question to ancients? My largest ancient is an Anglo-Gallic double-sestertius of Postumus. At 33mm, it's slightly bigger than my Imperial sestertii. It's got a blotchy patina making it difficult to photograph or scan, but it looks kind of like this one on Wildwinds. My largest mediaeval is an Islamic multiple-dirham from the Samanid dynasty of Afghanistan. At 42mm it's actually my largest circulating coin, in terms of diameter if not weight:  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Rest in Peace
United States
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most of my pics are too big to post, and I can resize them on this computer  But heres my largest, and smallest ancients :) Elaea 0.249g, 6.7mm Ptolemy III AE40 about 46.5 g  |
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Bulgaria
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one of my largest ancient coins its Justinian I 19.50 gr and 40 mm   |
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United States
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Wow you guys have some HUGE coins my largest is 32mm
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United States
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Mine don't even hit 30mm!  |
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United States
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My Follis of Justinian I, 32mm and 17.11g  |
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United States
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Canada
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My largest Justinian I follis is 41 mm, while my heaviest coin is Roman, an anonymous republican as from 217-215 BC weighing in at a monster 49.7g!
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Russian Federation
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The largest coin in my collection is a Russian 5 kopek from Catherine II's reign (don't remember the date offhand, but should be between 1760 and 1790), which isn't actually ancient (though it definitely looks the part). My ancients are almost all tiny. There's an Olbian dolphin that's like 30mm long, which would be the largest by diameter; next after that (and/or largest by area) is an Aurelian antoninianus that I got in a smackdown (it's an incredibly huge 22mm). My largest medieval coin, as far as I can tell, is also my only medieval coin, and is a silver denga (?) of late 14th century Suzdal (seller's attribution - a brief catalog check confirmed that it at least doesn't contradict anything I can still see on that piece of metal). Can't find it right now, so no size figure, but considering what I remember of it 16mm or so seems reasonable  (admittedly, I have a few coins that are slightly too late to be literally medieval, but can be considered so in spirit; but all of them are probably even tinier). |
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United States
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My largest was actually too big for the rig I was using to take pictures and needs rephotographed badly, but here it is. 38 mm, 44.4 g, bronze coin of Ptolemy III.  |
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Australia
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I posted the wrong picture my winning coin  |
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