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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7538270, member: 110350&quot;]Ancient mothers and children. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, Alexandria Diobol -- Isis and Harpocrates (Horus the Child)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301369[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, Alexandria Tetradrachm -- same theme</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301372[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II, with four daughters: Annia Faustina [a/k/a Faustina III] and Lucilla standing beside Fecunditas (representing Faustina), and the two infants in her arms identified as Fadilla and Cornificia. The coin was probably issued to celebrate the birth of Cornificia, the then-youngest child, in August 160 AD:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301373[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II with a reverse showing her twin sons b. 31 Aug 161 AD: Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus (the older twin, d. 165 AD) and Commodus, the ninth and tenth children of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301375[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II sestertius with six children: the four girls standing on either side of Felicitas on the reverse of this type have been identified as Marcus Aurelius’s and Faustina II’s daughters Annia Faustina (a/k/a Faustina III), Lucilla, Fadilla, and Cornificia -- the last of whom was born in 160 AD. The two infants held in her arms have been identified as Faustina II’s twin sons b. 31 Aug 161 AD: Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus (the older twin, d. 165 AD) and Commodus, the ninth and tenth children of the royal couple</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301374[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna (Isis and Harpocrates)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301376[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna -- the two small children at the feet of Hilaritas perhaps represent Julia&#039;s already-grown children Caracalla and Geta:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301377[/ATTACH] </p><p>Plautilla with a reverse showing Pietas (representing Plautilla) holding a child, believed to have been issued to celebrate the 204 AD birth of a baby who died in infancy:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301378[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Maesa with a reverse depicting Fecunditas with a child at her feet; it&#039;s not clear whether that child is supposed to represent any particular grandchild of hers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301379[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fausta -- holding two small children believed to represent Constantine II Caesar and Constantius II Caesar:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301380[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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