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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 8303131, member: 86498&quot;]Though dupondii after the reform of Nero generally are seen with an obverse portrait wearing a radiate crown it is not always the case. It is likely that Nero was celebrating his participation in the Actian game thus wearing a radiate crown associated with victorious participants in those games. In fact some of Nero&#039;s asses have a portrait of him wearing a radiate crown. Afterwards the radiate crown is associated with the dupondius, however even as late as the Emperor Hadrian some dupondi feature a portrait of the Emperor laureate.</p><p>Hadrian Ae Dupondius 135 AD Obv. Head right laureate Rv. aequitas standing left. RIC 795d RIC II/3 2373 11.75 grms 26 mm Photo by W. Hansen</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1469343[/ATTACH] As most aes coins are recovered covered with a patina it is ofter very difficult to tell the two denominations apart. With my coin I could see a very small area on the edge that looked &quot;brassy&quot;. This is why I consider this coin to be a dupondius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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