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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 7719272, member: 83175&quot;]It&#039;s a Provincial denomination, so the name isn&#039;t even known.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dupondius was an Imperial coin worth two asses.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the early Imperial period, it was made of brass (orichalcum) and weight around 13g, slightly heavier than the as, made from bronze.&nbsp;&nbsp; When new, the dupondius would have been yellowish and the as reddish.&nbsp;&nbsp; After a while, the emperor on the dupondius was depicted wearing a radiate crown to distinguish the coins from the asses.&nbsp;&nbsp; Empresses were never shown with radiate crowns, so it can be difficult or impossible to distinguish between the two denominations as the weights sometimes overlapped.</p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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