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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7275316, member: 86498"]Julia Domna Ar Antoninianus 215 AD Obv. Bust right diademed draped on crescent. Rv. Luna driving biga of galloping horses left. RIC 379a (Caracalla) 5.08 grms 24 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1275223[/ATTACH] I maybe going out on a limb here but it would appear that this is the first instance that a crescent placed below the bust of a female member of a Roman Imperial family was used to denote a double denomination. It does not seem to found on any of her dupondii. For us determining a dupondius is rather difficult as the coin is usually covered with a patina. Thus unless it has a radiate crown it can be tricky especially as in the case of Emperors like Hadrian laureate dupondii and asses often share the same reverse type. Later the crescent became popular and dupondii minted for empresses such as Otacilia Severa and Salonina usually have them[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7275316, member: 86498"]Julia Domna Ar Antoninianus 215 AD Obv. Bust right diademed draped on crescent. Rv. Luna driving biga of galloping horses left. RIC 379a (Caracalla) 5.08 grms 24 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1275223[/ATTACH] I maybe going out on a limb here but it would appear that this is the first instance that a crescent placed below the bust of a female member of a Roman Imperial family was used to denote a double denomination. It does not seem to found on any of her dupondii. For us determining a dupondius is rather difficult as the coin is usually covered with a patina. Thus unless it has a radiate crown it can be tricky especially as in the case of Emperors like Hadrian laureate dupondii and asses often share the same reverse type. Later the crescent became popular and dupondii minted for empresses such as Otacilia Severa and Salonina usually have them[/QUOTE]
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