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Julia Mamaea. Dupondius; Julia Mamaea; Dupondius, Rome, 228 AD, 10.39g. BM-532 pl. 18 (same obv. die), C-29, RIC-682. Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA - AVGVSTA Bust draped r. wearing stephane and set on crescent. Rx: FELICI - TAS TEMP S C Felicitas standing l. holding long caduceus and cornucopia. Rare and interesting. The first dupondius of an empress with crescent below bust to indicate that it is a dupondius. The FELICITAS TEMP reverse type occus on dupondii only, not an any other denomination. It was probably struck in 228 AD alongside the RESTITVTOR MON and MON RESTITVTA dupondii of Severus Alexander, whose types similarly are confined to dupondii. The coinage reform referred to, then, may have been nothing more than an increase in the zinc content of dupundii, at which time the crescent was also introduced as denominational mark for empresses.. F

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