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Dupondius (Dupondio)

DIPONDIO (DUPONDIO)

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DUPONDIUS (DUPONDIO). - Roman coin worth two asses or half a sestertius. During the empire it was struck in brass with a weight between 11 and 15 grams.

In weight it was almost equal to the as, from which it was distinguished, besides the alloy of the metal, by the difference in the emperor's effigy, which from Nero onward was depicted with a laurel wreath (on the as, instead, with a radiate head). In the time of Antoninus (138-61) this small coin ceased to be struck. In the Vulgate dipondius (classical Latin dupondius) occurs as the equivalent of the Greek ἀσάριε δόο, "two asses" (Lk. 12:6).

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 1686–1687.

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Penna, Angelo. “Dipondio (Dupondio).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1686–1687. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/dipondio-dupondio.

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Penna, Angelo. “Dipondio (Dupondio).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1686–1687. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/dipondio-dupondio.

BibTeX

@incollection{ec4_dipondio_dupondio,
  author    = {Penna, Angelo},
  title     = {Dipondio (Dupondio)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1686--1687},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/dipondio-dupondio}
}

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