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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2478246, member: 19463&quot;]The Roman on the street would have known the coin was a dupondius because of the yellow metal and size too small to be a sestertius.&nbsp; In addition to the II, this coin also has a radiate crown which signifies a double denomination but Nero has dupondii with neither.&nbsp; Relatively few coins were marked as to denominations but some were just to make things clear.&nbsp; Why they were never really consistent on the matter is not clear to me.</p><p>The dupondius below was yellow orichalcum so clearly a dupondius but formed a green patina making it less clear to modern collectors.&nbsp; The reverse type was not used on larger sestertii or red copper asses so we know what it is even if it is no longer yellow. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]522737[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The sestertius below is larger so not a dupondius but much larger than an as which would not be as yellow on the exposed parts.&nbsp; Also that reverse was not used on other denominations.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]522738[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>However, the as below is a type used on sestertii as well so the Romans would have seen no yellow and a smaller coin to know.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]522739[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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