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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7785146, member: 85693"]This is might be more undersized than oversized? I think it is a sestertius - based on the size of the die-work - and what it looks like in hand. In diameter, the flan is big at 32 mm, but it is very thin and weighs only 13.7 grams. Sestertius on a dupondius flan? The flan crack might indicate something went wrong at the mint. It is obviously brassy, thanks to a harsh cleaning, thus the possibility it is a dupondius flan: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1335921[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina I Æ Sestertius (Struck on dupondius flan?)</b></p><p><b>3rd Phase, part 2: wedding of Faustina II to M. Aurelius</b></p><p><b>(c. 145-150 A.D.) Rome Mint</b></p><p>[DIVA] FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGV[ST]A S-C, Ceres standing left with short torch and corn ears.</p><p>RIC 1118; Cohen 88.</p><p>(13.70 grams / 32 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2018 Lot @ $13.00 </p><p><br /></p><p>Along the same lines, here is a Severus Alexander as that looks like an as in terms of the size of the bust, legends, etc., but is on an over-sized flan. This seems to characterize some of SA's middle bronzes, from what I've seen in other posts. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] is very informative here: </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/severus-alexanders-dupondius-reform-of-ad-228.352318/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/severus-alexanders-dupondius-reform-of-ad-228.352318/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/severus-alexanders-dupondius-reform-of-ad-228.352318/</a></p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1335925[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 222-231 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEX[ANDER AVG] laureate, draped, bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGVST SC, Liberalitas standing left, holding coin counter and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 569.</p><p>(14.70 grams / 27 x 25 mm)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2020 Lot @ $1.50[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7785146, member: 85693"]This is might be more undersized than oversized? I think it is a sestertius - based on the size of the die-work - and what it looks like in hand. In diameter, the flan is big at 32 mm, but it is very thin and weighs only 13.7 grams. Sestertius on a dupondius flan? The flan crack might indicate something went wrong at the mint. It is obviously brassy, thanks to a harsh cleaning, thus the possibility it is a dupondius flan: [ATTACH=full]1335921[/ATTACH] [B]Faustina I Æ Sestertius (Struck on dupondius flan?) 3rd Phase, part 2: wedding of Faustina II to M. Aurelius (c. 145-150 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] [DIVA] FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGV[ST]A S-C, Ceres standing left with short torch and corn ears. RIC 1118; Cohen 88. (13.70 grams / 32 mm) eBay May 2018 Lot @ $13.00 Along the same lines, here is a Severus Alexander as that looks like an as in terms of the size of the bust, legends, etc., but is on an over-sized flan. This seems to characterize some of SA's middle bronzes, from what I've seen in other posts. [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] is very informative here: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/severus-alexanders-dupondius-reform-of-ad-228.352318/[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1335925[/ATTACH] [B]Severus Alexander Æ As (c. 222-231 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEX[ANDER AVG] laureate, draped, bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGVST SC, Liberalitas standing left, holding coin counter and cornucopiae. RIC 569. (14.70 grams / 27 x 25 mm) eBay Feb. 2020 Lot @ $1.50[/QUOTE]
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