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    roughly one dupondius at the height of the Roman Empire, though due to the debasement of the denarius over the following century, the dupondius was discarded...
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    denominations like the dupondius and as was steadily reduced. In the 1st century AD, everyday small change was dominated by the dupondius and as, but in the...
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    (546 ml or about 21⁄4 American cups) of ordinary wine cost roughly one dupondius (1⁄8 of a denarius); after Diocletian's Edict on Maximum Prices was issued...
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    weight unit), and semuncia (1⁄24), as well as multiples of the as, the dupondius (2), sestertius (21⁄2), and tressis (3). After the as had been issued...
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    and zinc, rather than silver, and fixed at a quarter of a denarius. The dupondius, formerly a two-pound bronze coin, was now orichalcum, valued at half...
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    exclusively to a type of brass alloy used for minting Roman as, sestertius, dupondius, and semis type of coins. It is considered more valuable than copper,...
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    = 160. 200 H Could also stand for 2 (see also 𐆙, the symbol for the dupondius). From a barring of two I's. 250 E 300 B 400 P, G 500 Q Redundant with...
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    Silver Denarius Sestertius Victoriatus Quadrigatus Bronze and copper Dupondius (2 asses) As (1) Dodrans (3⁄4) Bes (2⁄3) Semis (1⁄2) Quincunx (5⁄12) Triens...
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    Silver Denarius Sestertius Victoriatus Quadrigatus Bronze and copper Dupondius (2 asses) As (1) Dodrans (3⁄4) Bes (2⁄3) Semis (1⁄2) Quincunx (5⁄12) Triens...
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    Silver Denarius Sestertius Victoriatus Quadrigatus Bronze and copper Dupondius (2 asses) As (1) Dodrans (3⁄4) Bes (2⁄3) Semis (1⁄2) Quincunx (5⁄12) Triens...
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