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Message:: [QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 5199889, member: 91820"]Thank you.  I had wanted to add more about the dupondius, since by the time of Gordian III it was a coin that had seemingly lost its purpose - most are about the same size and weight as an As, which also had become a bit useless.  ACSEARCH lists about 25 examples of Gordian III dupondii, which is actually less than Septimius Severus, an emperor associated with rare dupondii.  But then again Septimius had a reign of close to 20 years, Gordian III much less so.  And again rarity in this context is almost an odd concept - a sestertius of Septimius Severus that I deemed "common" in another comment on this site had all of 70 examples in major auctions on ACSEARCH.  A better way to put it might be "not difficult to buy an example." The same could also be said of listed v. unlisted.  In a day or so I will put up a sestertius of Hadrian with an "unlisted" reverse - a figure of Pietas facing, which is not mentioned in RIC.  I had congratulated myself on having this ""rare" and perhaps unique example. Yet, in the last few weeks  three of the same type have been offered for sale in major auctions (perhaps one was on ebay) - Leu has a very nice one. So, rarity is a very fluid concept.[/QUOTE]