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dupondius Roman Antiq.|djuːˈpɒndɪəs|
Earlier also dipondius. Pl. dupondii.
[L.]
A bronze or brass coin of the value of two asses.
1601Holland Pliny xxxiii. iii. II. 462 Like as the weight in brasse of two pound, they named Dipondius. 1853H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 378 The second bronze, which was called the dupondius, or double as, was..exactly half the sestertius. 1937Oxoniensia II. 67 The large bronze coins, sestertii, dupondii and asses, which are representative of the first two centuries of Roman occupation. |