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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3786619, member: 19463&quot;]Each die was an individual work.&nbsp; Some series were very consistent about legend splits while others were random.&nbsp; Even the regular ones will have a few dies with a variation forced by running out of space.&nbsp; Some splits have meanings.&nbsp; I am not a Marcus specialist so I do not know the situation with this coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A coin this size made of orichalcum is a dupondius.&nbsp; Radiate crowns were not used on dupondii of women and young Caesars so we have some coins that get cataloged &quot;dupondius or as&quot;.&nbsp; Your coin shows the yellow metal so we know it was a dupondius. Patinated coins are more difficult to separate.&nbsp; The 10.1g Commodus as Caesar below hides under patina.&nbsp; What color is the metal?&nbsp; Is it a dupondius or an as?&nbsp; (as)&nbsp; Do you want to be sure badly enough to cut it to see? (I don&#039;t.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011115[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The ancient mins varied in how strickly they took the matter of weight.&nbsp; Some are very consistent.&nbsp; More were more concerned that they made the correct number of coins from a pound of metal so it is common to find some a bit heavy and others a bit light. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately there are people out there who delight in proving that people who claim to know are easy to fool with their photos so some of us must point out that it is NEVER completely safe to say a coin is genuine without having seen it in hand.&nbsp; That said, I see nothing to make me doubt the coin.&nbsp; I would be shocked to learn that your coin was not real.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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