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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3961817, member: 84744&quot;]Will <i>this</i> is certainly a subject near and dear to my heart!&nbsp; Great post.&nbsp; Here&#039;s my similar RESTITVTOR MON dupondius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043536[/ATTACH]</p><p>11.06g, 25mm, RIC 601</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For pre-reform dupondii, it makes sense to show one from the previous reign:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043547[/ATTACH]</p><p>issued 221, 9.14g, 25mm, RIC 322</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The earliest dupondius I have of SA is the earliest one there is (as Augustus, that is), namely his inaugural issue in 222:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043534[/ATTACH]</p><p>10.02g, 23mm, RIC 565var. (bust type)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A bit later the same year we have this Salus type:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043535[/ATTACH]</p><p>12.24g, 25mm, RIC 609</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think I have any other pre-reform dupondii, but here are a couple of post-reform:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043533[/ATTACH]</p><p>12.46g, 24mm, RIC 629</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043539[/ATTACH]</p><p>c. 231, 26mm, 12.80g, RIC 646</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with the theory that the monetary reform targeted the dupondius, returning it to a proper orichalcum - very hard for us to detect now!&nbsp; (Perhaps the accuracy of the weight was improved also.)&nbsp; Thanks for linking your interesting post on the concurrent Mamaea issue with crescent, I had missed that one.&nbsp; I definitely need one of those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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