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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2174951, member: 72818&quot;]I&#039;d say Bing nailed it!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>In case you&#039;re unfamiliar, the Dupondius and AS are two somewhat difficult to distinguish denominations; the Dupondius is a rather yellowish color, while the As is more reddish...and it was usually the practice to strike the Dupondius showing the head of the Emperor &#039;radiate&#039; and the As with a bare or laureated head.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as &#039;values&#039; relative to each other and to the silver denarius, the following applies:</p><p><br /></p><p>Sestertius--4 to a denarius</p><p>Dupondius-8 to a denarius</p><p>As----------16 to a denarius</p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, the Sestertius was the large coin of the Empire, sometimes referred to as a &#039;Large Bronze&#039; and was generally worth 1/4 of a denarius as noted above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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