Another Empress with her Children

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  1. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    This issue probably refers to the birth of M. Annius Verus in 162.
     
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  3. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Thanks!
     
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  4. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    I've got one where the baby's head fell off:

    Faustina II Headless Baby.JPG
     
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  5. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

  6. Andres2

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  7. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    From what I've read about Commodus, he probably decapitated his twin! I also find it rather suspicious that every single one of his other brothers also died in childhood, whereas almost all of his sisters lived to adulthood.

    Speaking of the baby's "head" on that coin, I take it that nobody thinks the raised circular dot between the two boys, visible on almost all coins of this type, is anything other than a so-called "compass dot"?
     
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  8. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Very nice!


    High 5 for sure!
     
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  9. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Yep! Just a compass dot.

    Barely visible compass dot (just above the baby on the right's knee):

    Faustina Jr SAECVLI FELICIT Denarius RIC 711.jpg

    Big compass dot -- to match the empress's ostentatious stephane, I guess:

    Faustina Jr SAECVLI FELICIT Denarius RIC 712.jpg
     
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