The following dupondius of Tiberius from the official mint of Rome has a more direct connection with Livia and bears a portrait that clearly resembles statues of the empress. |
The dupondius was made of Orichalchum, yellow when new, and the as of bronze, red when new. |
The sestertius, dupondius, and as were issued more or less continuously, but fell out of use when the antoninianus became a bronze coin. |
The basic coinage instituted by Augustus comprised the copper quadrans, brass semis, copper as, brass dupondius and sestertius, silver denarius, and gold aureus. |
These can usually be separated from the similarly sized dupondius by the laureate or bare head. |