Please Post your Dupondius Coin

I do not have a dupondius but would like to see members coins of the various Republic rulers.
Thank you.

 

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DIVVS AVGVSTVS / IMP NERVA CAES AVG REST
Radiate head of Divus Augustus right / Globe with rudder in front
Brass Dupondius, Rome 98
RIC 131 (II, under Nerva), BMCRE 154, C 568

 

Very nice, I am thinking of getting some of these. The size gives you a nice visual look. I would imagine all the Republic Rulers are on them, until the coin ran out of favor due to devaluation of the Denarius, is that about right?

 

Do you mean Roman Empire?......Didn't the Roman Republic end in 27BC??

 

Sorry, you are correct... I need to study it more. I like the coins...

 

Ahaaaa...Then I can post my Avatar
Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE Dupondius (11.76 gm, 25.3mm). Rome mint. Struck 154-155 AD.
Obv.. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, radiate head right.
Rev.. LIBERTAS COS IIII / S - C, Libertas with pileus and sceptre standing left.
RIC 933....BMC 1469. gVF.

 

..here's my Nero dupondius along with an As of his..

 

RIC III Antoninus Pius 1020
From Date: AD 158 To Date: AD 159
Legend: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII
Type: Head of Antoninus Pius, radiate, right
Legend: VOTA SVSCEPTA DEC III COS IIII S C
Type: Antoninus Pius, standing left, sacrificing with patera over tripod, left arm at side

 

The Dupondius (= 2 Asses) was issued over several centuries by Rome in both the Republic and Empire. In the Empire, the ruler wore a crown to indicate the value.
My oldest is not a coin. It is a cast bronze Aes Rude valued at 2 Asses.

A bit later are these cut coins that some call Dupondii and some call Nummis. They were issued by Augustus.

 

The romans were highly superstitious people and I suppose I am as well. No dupondii. . Nice coins though!

 

While many dupondii do have radiate crowns, certainly not all do. Below are two dupondii of Nero.
The first is laureate, Lugdunum mint and has no indication of value. The yellow brass metal that once served to distinguist it is now covered with green patina.


Second is radiate, Rome mint and marked with value II in exergue. This coin has no patina hiding the yellow color.


Finally is a 'dupondius' of Claudius or actually an unofficial sestertius that was determined at some point too be too light to be a sestertius but the need for coinage resulted in it being countermarked DV allowing it to circulate as a dupondius.


Dupondii and asses became less common after the Severans but Trajan Decius went out of his way to issue all denominations from double sestertius to semis. This is a dupondius with GENIUS EXERC ILLYRICIANI reverse.

 

Those are great coins. Thanks

 

On coins of the empresses, there is no indicator on the bust to indicated whether a middle bronze is an as or a dupondius; rather, it may be impossible to tell unless the metal shows through the patina, such as on these two dupondii of Faustina I and II:

 

I have only 3 dupondii: the famous COL NEM dupondius with Augustus, Agrippa, and a crocodile, a dupondius of Julia Titi (Titus's daughter), and one of Hadrian.

 

One dupondius and one that might be a dupondius

 

One of my favorite DIVVS AVGVSTVS coins:


BMCRE Vol. I, Rome, Caligula, No. 88, Dupon dius, 40-41 AD
RIC, Vol I, Rome, Caligula, No. 56, Dupondius, 40-41 AD

Obverse depiction: head of Augustus, radiate, facing left
Inscription: DIVVS AVGVSTVS in arc above, S C left and right (unusual on obverse).

Reverse depiction: Augustus, laureate and togate, seated on curule chair, holding olive branch in right hand.
Inscription: from lower left, CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN PQR

Some unusual legend lettering there

 

DUPONDIUS


RI Vespasian 69-79 CE AE Dupondius Felicitas stdg caduceus cornucopia sinister left

 

I am amazed at these coins, so much beauty.

 

A Dupondius of Caligula that honors his father, Germanicus, and that I let get away:



……… that was a poor decision on my part. I wish I had it back. I have not been able to find one as nice at a reasonable price since.