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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8320581, member: 85693&quot;]Great post as always, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] - I&#039;m especially excited about this post because I&#039;ve been working on some Antoninus Pius Liberalitas issues, 4th and 5th&nbsp; congiarium/donative.&nbsp; As noted above, the 4th seems to have been the wedding of Faustina II to Marcus Aurelius:</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar to the attractive denarius posted by [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] this one has Liberalitas also holding a vexillum - showing that largess was distributed to both citizens and soldiers. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473786[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 145-147 A.D.) See note. </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS PP] laureate head right / TR PO-T [COS II]II around, LIB IIII in exergue, Liberalitas standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 156; BMC 574; RSC 490.</p><p>(3.30 grams / 16 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><b>Note:</b> &quot;This coin commemorates Antoninus Pius’ 4th congiarium...It is believed that this particular distribution was in celebration of the marriage of Marcus Aurelius to Faustina Jr. in the spring of 145 AD...each&nbsp; citizen was given 90 denarii (or 3 aurei, 15 denarii) and a special additional donative was given to the soldiers.&quot;</p><p>Colosseo Collection (describing this aureus, which is stunning):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473793[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.colosseocollection.com/p554191514/hBBF9B348#hbbf9b348" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colosseocollection.com/p554191514/hBBF9B348#hbbf9b348" rel="nofollow">https://www.colosseocollection.com/p554191514/hBBF9B348#hbbf9b348</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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