asses / dupondii

Keep separate from ordinary sestertii; surfaces, patina, portrait, and mint matter.

Source location: Book V, Chapter 5, Asses / Dupondius narrative and Certified / Retail / Raw Auction table, PDF pp. 24-25

Certified / slabbed evidence

Certified high-grade pieces can exceed the ordinary raw range.

Current fixed-price retail

Moderate; surfaces and patina control comparability.

Raw auction

Evidence pending. Do not infer a price ladder.

Published schedule observations (not raw-auction tiers)

Entry: ~$150-$250; Typical: —; Choice: ~$700-$1,000+

Market / specialist note

Keep separate from ordinary sestertii; surfaces, patina, portrait quality, and mint attribution matter strongly.

What affects this price?

Even within one ruler, denomination and type, grade, strike, centering, surfaces, style, patina, rarity, provenance, and tooling or smoothing can materially change value. These are not automatic numeric adjustments.