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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 4845190, member: 93702&quot;]Well here is a very rough $8 denarius.. and below the coin my initial thoughts..</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169736[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><font size="3">Commodus AR Denarius. Laureate head right / Pietas seated left, extending right hand to child and holding transverse sceptre - WEIGHT 2.39 gr -DIAM. 17 mm</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>-------</p><p><font size="4">I haven&#039;t looked at this coin for some time - but looking at my notes I have this entry: </font></p><p><font size="4"><i><b>Securitas seated l. holding scepter and extending r. hand towards child before her representing the Human Race; star in r. field. The deity on reverse is traditionally described as Pietas but a recently discovered aureus which adds the descriptive legend SEC GEN HVM to the same type (Spink 65, 1988, 246, now coll. Ben Damsky) proves that she is actually Securitas and the child before her presumably the Human Race.</b></i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>So if anyone has any idea which information is correct - I would love to know more.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>NEXT: 2nd century Pietas</u></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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