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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 6258647, member: 19463&quot;]While many dupondii do have radiate crowns, certainly not all do. Below are two dupondii of Nero.</p><p>The first is laureate, Lugdunum mint and has no indication of value.&nbsp; The yellow brass metal that once served to distinguist it is now covered with green patina.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247779[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Second is radiate, Rome mint and marked with value II in exergue.&nbsp; This coin has no patina hiding the yellow color.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247780[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally is a &#039;dupondius&#039; of Claudius or actually an unofficial sestertius that was determined at some point too be too light to be a sestertius but the need for coinage resulted in it being countermarked DV allowing it to circulate as a dupondius. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247778[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Dupondii and asses became less common after the Severans but Trajan Decius went out of his way to issue all denominations from double sestertius to semis.&nbsp; This is a dupondius with GENIUS EXERC ILLYRICIANI reverse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247789[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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