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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3962689, member: 72790"]I have found that the greatest variation in toning of ancient aes is withing the denomination of the dupondius. I assume that the ancients did not have this problem but I wonder if there ever was a uniform appearance of dupondii from one emperor to another at that time or they two might have run into problems distinguishing the coin from the as. The radiate crown may have been introduced to help with the distinguishing but I'll be darned if I could have distinguished between an as and a dupondius of Claudius unless the metallic coloration was dramatically different and I wonder how long that difference would have remained after a few years of circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3962689, member: 72790"]I have found that the greatest variation in toning of ancient aes is withing the denomination of the dupondius. I assume that the ancients did not have this problem but I wonder if there ever was a uniform appearance of dupondii from one emperor to another at that time or they two might have run into problems distinguishing the coin from the as. The radiate crown may have been introduced to help with the distinguishing but I'll be darned if I could have distinguished between an as and a dupondius of Claudius unless the metallic coloration was dramatically different and I wonder how long that difference would have remained after a few years of circulation.[/QUOTE]
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