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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikjo0, post: 118724, member: 3565&quot;]The inscription is clearly that of Antonius Pius but I&#039;m a bit puzzled by the portrait.If you go to Wildwinds and look at the more than 450 thumbnails,you will not see any of him without a beard.He is almost always portrayed as slender,with a straight nose and full beard.The portrait on this coin clearly shows a young man,beardless and a bit pudgy.As far as I know,there were no coins minted with his inscription prior to his becoming emperor,so I don&#039;t think it was just a young portrait.Some of his coins show his adopted son Marcus Aurelius who suceeded him to the throne but this is not him either as he is always shown with a very bushy,curly head of hair.The coin doesn&#039;t look like a modern reproduction,and even if it was,who would produce one with a portrait that looks nothing like the original? it doesn&#039;t make sense.See for yourself:</p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/antoninus_pius/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/antoninus_pius/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/antoninus_pius/t.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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