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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 4578688, member: 87809&quot;]Sear presents it as a Dupondius and CGB presents these coins (weight is lighter 17.53 g) always as a Dupondius. Normal issue about 19 -20 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>You wrote here that this type shouldn&#039;t be called Sestertius<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />: </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/octavian-julius-caesar.316261/page-2" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/octavian-julius-caesar.316261/page-2">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/octavian-julius-caesar.316261/page-2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;A weight of three Asses would put this emission (just like the largest denomination of Antonius´ AE coinage) right in the middle between a Dupondius and a Sestertius. Calling it a Sestertius would be an anachronism, as the brass Sestertius with a nominal weight of 27 grams was only introduced 15 years after 38 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>The proto-Dupondius Julius Caesar struck in 45 BC (RPC 601) however was made of yellow orichalcum and had an average weight of 14,8 grams, just like the bronze Dupondii Antonius struck in 38 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin here was clearly a different denomination, as is was made of reddish bronze and had an average weight of 20,0 grams (just like the largest bronze coins of Antonius´ fleet coinage, RPC 1453). Therefore I would call this a &quot;Proto-Sestertius&quot;.</p><p>It was the first bronze coin featuring the single portrait of a living or (in this case and) a deceased ruler, and was therefore the obvious model for all portrait Sestertii to come.</p><p>It was also struck in large numbers (at least 23 obverse dies were used and dozens more for contemporary imitations) and remained the predominant large bronze coin until it was replaced by the familiar brass Sestertii of Augustus and his successors.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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