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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3078715, member: 87404"]I thought I'd take a stab at digging into this a little bit since no one else was. In my Googling, I found 2 examples of SS dupondii on Forvm, one with your reverse and the other with a different reverse but also struck at that time (195AD with "IMP V"), both just above the 13g weight.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=26488&pos=12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=26488&pos=12" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=26488&pos=12</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=26488&pos=13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=26488&pos=13" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=26488&pos=13</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, in looking in Sellars'</p><p><font size="6"><b>The Monetary System of the Romans</b></font></p><p>I found a table showing early Severan era dupondii averaging 12.2g:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=m_Y-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=typical+dupondius+weights+septimius+195AD&source=bl&ots=F1GArFGQay&sig=M3nnw62pUcdaRdokhBOxCicVQBE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhit7m7PvaAhUr9IMKHcouCbEQ6AEIPzAG#v=onepage&q=typical%20dupondius%20weights%20septimius%20195AD&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=m_Y-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=typical+dupondius+weights+septimius+195AD&source=bl&ots=F1GArFGQay&sig=M3nnw62pUcdaRdokhBOxCicVQBE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhit7m7PvaAhUr9IMKHcouCbEQ6AEIPzAG#v=onepage&q=typical%20dupondius%20weights%20septimius%20195AD&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=m_Y-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=typical dupondius weights septimius 195AD&source=bl&ots=F1GArFGQay&sig=M3nnw62pUcdaRdokhBOxCicVQBE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhit7m7PvaAhUr9IMKHcouCbEQ6AEIPzAG#v=onepage&q=typical dupondius weights septimius 195AD&f=false</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3078715, member: 87404"]I thought I'd take a stab at digging into this a little bit since no one else was. In my Googling, I found 2 examples of SS dupondii on Forvm, one with your reverse and the other with a different reverse but also struck at that time (195AD with "IMP V"), both just above the 13g weight. [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=26488&pos=12[/url] [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=26488&pos=13[/url] Also, in looking in Sellars' [SIZE=6][B]The Monetary System of the Romans[/B][/SIZE] I found a table showing early Severan era dupondii averaging 12.2g: [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=m_Y-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=typical+dupondius+weights+septimius+195AD&source=bl&ots=F1GArFGQay&sig=M3nnw62pUcdaRdokhBOxCicVQBE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhit7m7PvaAhUr9IMKHcouCbEQ6AEIPzAG#v=onepage&q=typical%20dupondius%20weights%20septimius%20195AD&f=false']https://books.google.com/books?id=m_Y-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=typical dupondius weights septimius 195AD&source=bl&ots=F1GArFGQay&sig=M3nnw62pUcdaRdokhBOxCicVQBE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhit7m7PvaAhUr9IMKHcouCbEQ6AEIPzAG#v=onepage&q=typical dupondius weights septimius 195AD&f=false[/URL][/QUOTE]
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