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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 2996466, member: 91820&quot;]<b>I recall reading somewhere, perhaps on Moneta, a discussion on the rarity of dupondii of Septimius Severus. I do not think there was much of a discussion as to the reasons for it - the dupondius became increasingly less common after the reign of&nbsp; Antoninus Pius ca. 138 to 161 AD. In fact, dupondii of the <i>children</i> of Septimius Severus are pretty darn rare as well - and much less common than the As. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>My theory is that the dupondius was not produced in large numbers for a variety of reasons, including that the Roman Administration was simply far more interested in precious metal coinage, since that was how the legions got paid.&nbsp; Also as the antoniniani became more debased there might have been a concern about confusing the two.&nbsp; Or it may be that the coin was</b>[ATTACH=full]740357[/ATTACH] <b>no longer filling an important need</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>But, in my humble opinion dupondii are extremely beautiful coins - the way the celators were able to portray the portrait underneath the crown illustrates the skill of the die makers.&nbsp; The dupondii of Vespasian and Titus are extremely beautiful although I do not have any examples.&nbsp; I do have a beautiful dupondius of Gordian III (and how often do you see these?) which I will be posting.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Although this example - RIC 804 or thereabout -&nbsp; is a bit worn, I really like the portrait. I have thought about attempting to clean it a bit better but decided that such an effort would more likely result in damage to the coin!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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