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What is a dupondius?

What is a dupondius? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (historical) A bronze coin minted during the Roman Empire and Roman Republic, equal to two asses.
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The sestertius, dupondius, and as were issued more or less continuously, but fell out of use when the antoninianus became a bronze coin.
These can usually be separated from the similarly sized dupondius by the laureate or bare head.
The basic coinage instituted by Augustus comprised the copper quadrans, brass semis, copper as, brass dupondius and sestertius, silver denarius, and gold aureus.
The dupondius was made of Orichalchum, yellow when new, and the as of bronze, red when new.
The following dupondius of Tiberius from the official mint of Rome has a more direct connection with Livia and bears a portrait that clearly resembles statues of the empress.

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