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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3580080, member: 75937"]That photo of the edge is helpful because I can see the size of the coin relative to your fingers. I'm guessing it's about 11 g and 26 mm in diameter, making it an as (a denomination equivalent to 1/4 a sestertius) or dupondius (1/2 sestertius); the difference is that an as was made of copper and a dupondius was made of orichalcum (a brass-like alloy). The patina makes it difficult to tell which metal it was made of. A weight of 13 mm would suggest a dupondius.</p><p><br /></p><p>It dates from AD 158/9. Its obverse inscription reads AVRELIVS CAES ANTON AVG PII F and its reverse inscription reads TR POT XIII COS II S C and features Spes, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and lifting drapery of skirt with left hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>References: RIC 1350; BMCRE 2087.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3580080, member: 75937"]That photo of the edge is helpful because I can see the size of the coin relative to your fingers. I'm guessing it's about 11 g and 26 mm in diameter, making it an as (a denomination equivalent to 1/4 a sestertius) or dupondius (1/2 sestertius); the difference is that an as was made of copper and a dupondius was made of orichalcum (a brass-like alloy). The patina makes it difficult to tell which metal it was made of. A weight of 13 mm would suggest a dupondius. It dates from AD 158/9. Its obverse inscription reads AVRELIVS CAES ANTON AVG PII F and its reverse inscription reads TR POT XIII COS II S C and features Spes, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and lifting drapery of skirt with left hand. References: RIC 1350; BMCRE 2087.[/QUOTE]
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