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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4955582, member: 75937&quot;]The MB, middle bronze, second brass, Æ II, &quot;as or dupondius&quot; is the Rodney Dangerfield of Roman numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191100[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>They have neither the luster of gold or silver, nor the diameter and heft of a sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>But these quarter-sized coins performed the bulk of commercial transactions in Rome. No collection is complete without them! Let&#039;s see your favorite middle bronzes!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191110[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman Æ as or dupondius, 13.79 g, 28 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 150.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Aeternitas standing facing, head left, holding phoenix (nimbate right) on globe in right hand and with left hand drawing out fold of skirt.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1157; BMCRE 1544-47; Cohen 13; Strack 1261; RCV 4638.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191111[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman Æ as or dupondius, 9.87 g, 28 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 145-147.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AVGVSTA S C, Vesta standing left, holding palladium in extended right hand and long torch in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1178; BMCRE 1581; Cohen 114; Strack 1295; RCV 4648.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191113[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman Æ as, 11.14 g, 25.6 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, 4th emission, AD 224.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VENERI FELICI S C, Venus standing right, holding vertical scepter in right hand and Cupid in extended left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 695; BMCRE 195; Cohen 63; RCV 8247.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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