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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4783901, member: 110350&quot;]Listing various personifications in my last comment reminded me that I have a coin showing Italia myself:</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius, AE Sestertius, 173 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder; M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII / Rev. Marcus Aurelius standing left, holding scepter with left hand, and, with his right hand, raising by her right hand a kneeling figure of <b>Italia</b>, wearing turret and holding a globe with her left hand; [RESTITVTORI ITALIAE] IMP VI COS III [<i>bracketed portion off flan</i>]. RIC III 1078, Sear RCV II 4997, Cohen 538. 30mm, 25.8g. [<i>According to David Sear (see RCV II at p. 315), this coin &quot;commemorates the deliverance of Italy from the threat of barbarian invasion resulting from the emperor&#039;s successes in his wars against the Germanic tribes of the Danubian region.&quot;</i>] [<i>Purchased from Incitatus Coins, June 2020.</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163374[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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