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Uncertain Fourth-Fifth Century Emperors. Circa late 4th-5th Centuries. Æ Exagium Solidi Weight (18.5mm, 4.32 g, 1h). Three draped and diademed imperial busts; cross above / Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia; * to right; CONS. Bendall, Weights 10; cf. RIC X, p. 8 (for discussion). Dark green-brown patina. Good VF. Rare. In wonderful condition for the type.
During the later Roman Empire, coin weights began appearing with the legend exagium solidi, a phrase which has often been translated as "the weight (or weighing) of a solidus," in order to deal with the practice of clipping. Exagium derives from the Latin exigere (lit. "to drive out"). However, extant examples of these weights vary and some weigh much less than the 4.5 g of a full-weight solidus. These lighter weights are thought to possibly represent the lowest acceptable weight for solidi, and were used to withdraw under-weight solidi from circulation and thereby maintain an acceptable weight standard minimum for solidi to circulate at full value.
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