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<p>[QUOTE="eparch, post: 3926993, member: 89211"][ATTACH=full]1035166[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius. Rome</p><p><br /></p><p> ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, laureate head right / COS [IIII], emperor seated left on platform; to right, soldier standing left, holding spear; to left, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae; at foot of platform, citizen standing right, holding out fold of toga; S-C across fields, LIBERALITA(S) AVG (IIII) in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p> RIC 774; BMCRE 1688 </p><p><br /></p><p>This has an interesting reverse - holding out the fold of one's toga</p><p>was a formal pose adopted when petitioning the Emperor, although </p><p>I don't know how this custom arose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eparch, post: 3926993, member: 89211"][ATTACH=full]1035166[/ATTACH] Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius. Rome ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, laureate head right / COS [IIII], emperor seated left on platform; to right, soldier standing left, holding spear; to left, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae; at foot of platform, citizen standing right, holding out fold of toga; S-C across fields, LIBERALITA(S) AVG (IIII) in exergue. RIC 774; BMCRE 1688 This has an interesting reverse - holding out the fold of one's toga was a formal pose adopted when petitioning the Emperor, although I don't know how this custom arose.[/QUOTE]
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