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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3324854, member: 19463&quot;]M.Mike is right.&nbsp; Unfortunately as time passed the difference between red copper and yellow brass became less obvious so our catalogs often list coins as &#039;dupondius or as&#039; especially when the ruler is a Caesar or Augusta who did not wear a radiate crown under any circumstances.&nbsp; For example, is this Commodus as Caesar an as or a dupondius?&nbsp; I will not be removing the patina to be sure. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]881157[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some sestertii (by size and weight) have toned brown with a hint of red.&nbsp; We do the best we can to keep things straight.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]881158[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>...but it is easier when they stay yellowish.&nbsp; Both were the same color back when they were made.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]881159[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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