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<p>[QUOTE="Alwin, post: 4366060, member: 108806"]<a href="https://servimg.com/view/11643643/605" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://servimg.com/view/11643643/605" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://i50.servimg.com/u/f50/11/64/36/43/41611.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>18,38 g - 30 mm </p><p><br /></p><p>The word sestertius sometimes used for this coin is not correct; the denomination sestertius in fact only applies to large bronzes, from the monetary reform of Augustus, around 23 BC.</p><p>Its usual weight rather leads to compare it to the rare tressis/tripondius (three asses) struck by Marcus Antoninus the same year. For convenience, however, these coins are most often qualified as dupondius, like the large bronzes struck in Gaul at the same period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alwin, post: 4366060, member: 108806"][url=https://servimg.com/view/11643643/605][img]https://i50.servimg.com/u/f50/11/64/36/43/41611.jpg[/img][/url] 18,38 g - 30 mm The word sestertius sometimes used for this coin is not correct; the denomination sestertius in fact only applies to large bronzes, from the monetary reform of Augustus, around 23 BC. Its usual weight rather leads to compare it to the rare tressis/tripondius (three asses) struck by Marcus Antoninus the same year. For convenience, however, these coins are most often qualified as dupondius, like the large bronzes struck in Gaul at the same period.[/QUOTE]
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