Both of these coins were struck at the Lugdunum mint which is distinguished by a small globe at the lowest termination of the bust. Neither of these coins shows the globe well. The dupondius was weakly struck in this area while a poorly placed lump of patina obscures the area on the as. The other point of interest here is the designs for this particular dupondius were cut in a large size that fills all the space available while the cutter of the dies for both sides of the as used a smaller style that did not crowd the legends. Both are artistic and pleasing coins but fine detail on the dupondius was erased by wear in circulation.
Individual die cutters each had their own style.
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