New incoming Dupondius

Hi y’all,

I just picked up three “ugly” Dupondius from a dealer I know. I’m kind of a buy first ask questions later kinda guy. If I see something in my price range that I want and sounds fair I may jump on it. I paid $275 for the lot of 3. It’s probably too much but I was wondering what you guys think? Did I overpay? Did I get a good deal? Also, can you guys tell me specifications on these coins to attribute them? They seemed tooled but aren’t all bronze coins tooled?

thanks,
Larry

 

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I think all three aren't bad. The second one is the worse, with the pitting. Probably had bronze disease at one time, and who knows, may return too. As for the price of all three...it was fair.

 

Nice little group! I agree, price was fair. I don't see any evidence of tooling, though.

 

Thanks both! I’m on a little ancient kick right now. I find it incredible that coins like this are still purchasable for reasonable prices. Even if they are a bit rough. Feels like they all belong in a museum. They are artifacts.

 

Can anyone provide a RIC number for these ? They haven’t been attributed.

 

First one I think is OCRE I 477 - the Nero/Victory asses are tough because there are so many different legend variations - Online Coins of the Roman Empire: RIC I (second edition) Nero 477 (numismatics.org)

Second - Augustus bronze as - Online Coins of the Roman Empire: RIC I (second edition) Augustus 471 (numismatics.org)

Third - bronze as struck under Tiberius, in honor of the deified Augustus (DIVVS AVGVSTVS) - Online Coins of the Roman Empire: RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 81 (numismatics.org)

Note, none are dupondii. They're all asses (singular as) a bronze denomination worth 1/2 of a dupondius.

 

Thanks so much. I find it so difficult to sift the archives to figure out which is which. I was looking for an hour for the winged victory variety and couldn’t get an exact match. I’m still not even completely convinced but I’m going to use these attributions as they seem to be a great match to my coins. You saved hours of fruitless research! Are these websites the best to search on?

 

My pleasure. I know what you mean, getting the hang of these search sites can take some time and practice.
OCRE is good only for Roman Imperial coins. RPC Online is the official site for Roman Provincial coins. For everything else, your best bet would probably be an auction archive website like ACSearch.

 

Right I was using that. Is that good for Greek coins too?

 

ACSearch is, yeah. It's got something like over 11 million archived auction lots, everything from ancient to modern and everything in between!