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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3158254, member: 85693"]Great write-up Justin. Earlier this year I got a dupondius that is very similar to your as - Roma seated rather than Fortuna (and issued early in his reign). The thing that concerns me about mine is it is light - lighter than your as, but mine has the radiate crown. I know weights were a bit wobbly then, but I just don't know:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]810124[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint - Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(c. 195 A.D.)</b></p><p>L SEPT SEV PERT [AVG IMP V], radiate head right / [ROMAE AETERN]AE <strike> C, Roma seated left on shield, holding Victory in right hand, spear in left hand.</strike></p><p><strike>RIC 697; BMC/RE 139.</strike></p><p><strike>(8.97 grams / 24 mm)</strike>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3158254, member: 85693"]Great write-up Justin. Earlier this year I got a dupondius that is very similar to your as - Roma seated rather than Fortuna (and issued early in his reign). The thing that concerns me about mine is it is light - lighter than your as, but mine has the radiate crown. I know weights were a bit wobbly then, but I just don't know: [ATTACH=full]810124[/ATTACH] [B]Septimius Severus Rome Mint - Æ Dupondius (c. 195 A.D.)[/B] L SEPT SEV PERT [AVG IMP V], radiate head right / [ROMAE AETERN]AE [S] C, Roma seated left on shield, holding Victory in right hand, spear in left hand. RIC 697; BMC/RE 139. (8.97 grams / 24 mm)[/S][/QUOTE]
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