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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5426921, member: 19463"]My favorite portrait of Faustina II is this Alexandria tetradrachm in her role as first daughter under Pius (his year 12).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235695[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>While we have seen the great sestertii, I will go to the other extreme and offer a barbarous, worn and flat struck copy of a sestertius (AK collection). Barbarous bronzes of this period are not common. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235698[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would think that the date of the scene might be approximated using the ages of the children but I am unclear who they are. Rather few of Aurelius' children lived to be as old as shown here. Lucilla was a dozen years older than Commodus so it can't be them. Who knows the family and can identify them? To me, the interesting part of the scene is the bull who seems quite calm and unaware of why the guy with no shirt has an ax. Who is left of Aurelius? Verus would seem a good answer but I would expect him to have his head covered if he were a principal in the sacrifice. Did the museum have a good label on this scene? Your photos are quite excellent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5426921, member: 19463"]My favorite portrait of Faustina II is this Alexandria tetradrachm in her role as first daughter under Pius (his year 12). [ATTACH=full]1235695[/ATTACH] While we have seen the great sestertii, I will go to the other extreme and offer a barbarous, worn and flat struck copy of a sestertius (AK collection). Barbarous bronzes of this period are not common. [ATTACH=full]1235698[/ATTACH] I would think that the date of the scene might be approximated using the ages of the children but I am unclear who they are. Rather few of Aurelius' children lived to be as old as shown here. Lucilla was a dozen years older than Commodus so it can't be them. Who knows the family and can identify them? To me, the interesting part of the scene is the bull who seems quite calm and unaware of why the guy with no shirt has an ax. Who is left of Aurelius? Verus would seem a good answer but I would expect him to have his head covered if he were a principal in the sacrifice. Did the museum have a good label on this scene? Your photos are quite excellent.[/QUOTE]
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