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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7622040, member: 75937&quot;]Marcus Aurelius received tribunician power the same day his wife was declared Augusta -- 1 December, AD 147, the day after she delivered her first child.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <i>Fasti Ostienses</i> (Pb.13-15) record:</p><p><br /></p><p>Pr. k. Dec. Aurelio Caesar/[ex A]nnia Faustina filia nata est. K. Decem. Aurelius Caesar/[trib] pot iniit et Faustina Aug cognominata est.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which translates as:</p><p><br /></p><p>One day before the Kalends of December a daughter was born by Annia Faustina to Aurelius Caesar. On the Kalends of December Aurelius Caesar entered the tribunician power and Faustina was named Augusta.</p><p><br /></p><p>On 10 December each year during the reign of Antoninus Pius, the tribunician power was renewed, and Marcus&#039; TR P II began on 10 December 147. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin can be dated to the first week and a half of December, AD 147. Pace Mattingly, but Faustina&#039;s first child was not born in AD 146.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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