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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3890467, member: 85693&quot;]Just got a new Antoninus Pius dupondius yesterday and I figured attribution would be pretty simple.&nbsp; After a couple hours and a lot of confusion, I have come to the conclusion that it is an unlisted type. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t feel at all confident enough to make such a claim, but I found one just like it via acsearch (a German auction - &quot;Dupondius unpubliziert?&quot;), and I pretty much figured this must be it.&nbsp; RIC 566 is very similar, but the legends (mostly missing on mine, unfortunately) are different - but even with missing legends, the spacing of the lettering is considerably different.&nbsp; The type matches a sestertius (except radiate crown and size) RIC 984. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I welcome corrections, please!&nbsp; Below is a photo and my attribution notes.&nbsp; The German auction I found is here: <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5962804" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5962804" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5962804</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026524[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(157-158 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P [IMP II] radiate head right / [PM TR POT X]XI COS IIII </p><p>S-C, Genius standing, sacrificing with patera over altar left and holding cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 984 (sestertius); see notes.</p><p>(12.75 grams / 25 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently unlisted as dupondius, identical legends and devices to RIC 984 (sestertius).&nbsp; Similar to RIC 566 (as) but obv. legend lacks IMP II and reverse legend</p><p>lacks XXI.&nbsp; Identical type sold at Münzen &amp; Medaillen GmbH Auction 48 May 24, 2019,</p><p>&quot;Knapper Schrötling. Als Dupondius unpubliziert?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Share your &quot;unpubliziert?&quot; ancients and how you reached your conclusions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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