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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3960540, member: 85693&quot;]Fascinating discussion of something I&#039;ve been wondering about - the size and weight of bronzes of that era.&nbsp; It inspired me to take a group photo of my Severan middle bronzes.&nbsp; A rather scruffy bunch:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043256[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I can tell, there are two dupondii here - the top row Septimius Severus (radiate crown) and Julia Domna (because of size).&nbsp; Everything else is an as. </p><p><br /></p><p>But one of my late (c. 231-235 A.D.) Severus Alexander asses and the Septimius Severus dupondius are a Mutt &amp; Jeff pair in reverse order - the Sept. S. dupondius weighs 8.97 grams, the S. Alexander dupondius weighs 13.98 grams.&nbsp; That&#039;s a big difference (and my suggest a boost in weights under SA?).&nbsp; Here they are up close:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043257[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The green Severus Alexander as in the lower left photo of the group shot is 8.9 grams and is early - it was minted around 224 A.D.&nbsp; Which is more in line with the earlier Severans.&nbsp; Here is a photo I took when the sun was shining of that one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043264[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug suggests in a recent post that the Asses of Severus Alexander-era may have been presentation pieces of some sort, given they tend to be heavy (if I&#039;m not mischaracterizing Doug&#039;s theory). </p><p><br /></p><p>Nice write-up RC - good to have all this information in one place. Nice coins too![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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