v36_0474 - FAUSTINA MAGGIORE Dupondius, (MB, Æ 26)

Poids léger. Ce type semble bien un dupondius, car il est trop lourd pour être un as. Seul le métal (bronze ou cuivre) permettait dans l’Antiquité de distinguer les deux métaux en fonction de leur couleur, jaune pour le premier, rouge pour le second. Mais au cours du IIe siècle, le prix du bronze augmentant, souvent, il devient difficile de distinguer les deux types.
Lightweight. This type seems like a dupondius, because it is too heavy to be an ace. In ancient times, only metal (bronze or copper) allowed the two metals to be distinguished based on their color, yellow for the first, red for the second. But during the 2nd century, as the price of bronze increased, it often became difficult to distinguish the two types.