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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8303876, member: 85693&quot;]Well, it took me a few years, but I finally got a Julia Mamaea dupondius on a crescent; ever since I saw this post, I&#039;ve been hankering for one of these.&nbsp; They are not especially common, and always out of my price range.&nbsp; However...</p><p><br /></p><p>This was a surprise purchase; I thought it was a sestertius, as the seller didn&#039;t provide any dimensions, and the photo wasn&#039;t entirely clear.&nbsp; When I opened up the envelope and I saw its small size I knew it was too small for even the cruddy undersized sestertii of this period - then I saw the crescent.&nbsp; Talk about pleased-with-the-purchase!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not exactly high grade, but this is a case when an overly-harsh cleaning is somewhat beneficial - because of the strip-job, you can see it is very brassy yellow, clearly indicating it&#039;s made of orichalcum.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is of interest because the dupondius had for quite a while before this time been made of the same copper-ish metal of the asses.&nbsp; Originally, a dupondius was differentiated by its bright, yellow-brass color.&nbsp; I know this only because [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] addressed the monetary reforms of Severus Alexander (and the return to orichalcum in the dupondii) in this post:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/severus-alexanders-dupondius-reform-of-ad-228.352318/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/severus-alexanders-dupondius-reform-of-ad-228.352318/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/severus-alexanders-dupondius-reform-of-ad-228.352318/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mine:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1469454[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Julia Mamaea&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(228 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint (9th Issue)</b></p><p>IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust, right, on crescent / FELICITAS TEMP, S C, Felicitas standing l,, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC IV Severus Alexander 682; BMCRE 532-33 (Alexander).</p><p>(7.90 grams / 25 x 23 mm)</p><p>eBay April 2022&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>Notes:</b>&nbsp; &quot;For the first few years of Severus Alexander&#039;s reign...the dupondii of his mother, Julia Mamaea, continued to use the same bust style as that of asses issued for her, a diademed and draped bust. However, the ninth issue of the reign, AD 228, witnessed the introduction of the crescent on the dupondii issued for Mamaea to indicate a double denomination and to distinguish them from the as...&quot; Roman Collector, CT Oct. 2019</p><p><br /></p><p>If there are any more of these out there, I&#039;d like to see them.&nbsp; And thanks to</p><p>[USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] for all his hard work on providing the background on these.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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