Relatively speaking.

Keeping it all in the family, here's a tetradrachm from Antioch, depicting Vespasian and his son, Titus, 69-70 AD, year 2.

13.4 grams

 

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Similar coin with dad facing the other way.

 

As @dougsmit has already stated, there are a plethora of types to collect from the first half of the 3rd century.

Caracalla & Domna, Macrinus & Diadumenian



Diadumenian & Macrinus, Elagabalus & Maesa



I no longer own the above coins, sold them in AMCC 2.

This one is amongst my favourites, which i still have.

Macrinus & Diadumenian

 

Great coins shown in this thread. I went through my coins for this one. Although some have already been posted here, I'm glad to show a few of mine:

Struck by his son Sextus, the obverse of this coin shows the head of his father, Pompey the great (EDIT: although Sextus is not on this coin, so strictly speaking it should not be part of this thread...):


Augustus' unfortunate heirs:


AP showing one of his heir, Marcus Aurelius.


I think the Severans elevated showing heirs/family on coins to an art. A rough one is the only one I have. I would like to add a specimen with 'confronting busts' to my collection one day.

 

Splendid coins.

 

Your last coin, the Macrinus and Diadumenian is a stunning example of the type.

 

What an impressive pair they make. One can see why they would be pictured together. Who would not want to be governed by these two? (maybe the Parthians).

 

What an impressive pair they make. One can see why they would be pictured together. Who would not want to be governed by these two? (maybe the Parthians).

 

These Pompey coins often appear in a wrenched state. Since yours is so nice it's fine to see it here (or anywhere else, actually).

 

There are so many ways to see this pair:
- Claudius grandson of Mark Anthony and Agrippina granddaughter of Octavian
- Claudius and his niece Agrippina junior
- Claudius and his wife Agrippina II
- Claudius and his murderer, Agrippina II
- Agrippina and her husband, Claudius
- Agrippina, mother of Nero, and Claudius, a way for Nero to become emperor
- Agrippina, and her third husband, Claudius, the adoptive father of her murderer

Agrippina fades in the background on this coin, behind Claudius, but she was certainly not to be underestimated. Ionia, Ephesus, Claudius with Agrippina Junior, AD 41-54, AE Æ (19mm, 5.29g, 12h). Kousinios, episkopos for the 4th time, struck circa AD 49-50
Obv: Laureate head of Claudius and draped bust of Agrippina conjoined right
Rev: KOVΣINIOΣ TO Δ, stag standing right
Ref: RPC I 2624 (this coin, specimen #26)

 

Do you know if Agrippina is being imaged as the niece of or wife of Claudius at the time this coin was minted?

 

Agrippina and Claudius married on New Year's Day, AD 49, so she was both at this time.

 

Here's one of Macrinus and Diadumenian that I forgot to include in my earlier comment:


Macrinus and Diadumenian Caesar, AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], 217-218 AD, Marcianopolis Mint, Moesia Inferior (Pontianus, consular legate). Obv. Confronted heads of Macrinus, laureate, right, and Diadumenian, bareheaded, left, [AVT K OΠE]Λ CEV MAKPEINOC K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC [bracketed portion off flan][ = Imperator, Caesar, Opellius Augustus Macrinus, Caesar Marcus Opellius Antoninus ] / Rev. Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse in extended right hand and caduceus in left hand; chlamys hanging over left arm; E [mark of value for “5”] in right field, VΠ Macrinus ΠONTIANOV MAP-KIANOΠOΛEITΩN (ΩN ligate) [ = Consular Legate Pontianus, (coin) of the people of Markianopolis]. Hristova & Jekov 6.24.10.3 [Nina Hristova & Gospodin Jekov, The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire - Moesia Inferior, I - III c. A.D., MARCIANOPOLIS (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 2006)]; Varbanov (Eng.) Vol. I, 1192 var. (E to left) [Ivan Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)]; Diadumenian.com /marcianopolis5.html, No. Mar5.33d. 25 mm, 12.89 g. Ex: Dr. Paul Rynearson (ca. 2003); Ex: Kirk Davis, Cat # 75, Fall 2020, Lot 62. (Coin is double die match to Lot 696, CNG Triton XII Auction, Jan. 5, 2009.)



Fortunately for me, the compass dot just missed Macrinus's nose.

 

That is a very well struck coin, in pretty high relief, something I often see as lacking in Roman Provincials