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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5130249, member: 85693&quot;]It just occurred to me I have a sestertius similar to the OP.&nbsp; This is one of those Antoninus Pius sestertii that is on a broad, thin flan.&nbsp; Not sure what is up with this, but I have a couple of them - they run kind of light weight too:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203577[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 158-159 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS PP T]R P XXII (?), laureate head right / [PI]ETATI AVG COS IIII S-C, Pietas draped standing left hold ing globe and child, to left and right two small girls standing.</p><p>RIC 1002; BMC 2062.</p><p>(17.34 grams / 34 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>An earlier RC post had this information, which I had in my notes for this, since the XXII might be in error (also noted in the OP) - I hadn&#039;t gotten around to editing my attribution, so maybe that would be a good project today:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Now, in terms of the inscription, Paul Dinsdale ([USER=110988]@paulus_dinius[/USER]), p. 545, writes:</p><p>It is extremely doubtful that any specimens read TR P XXII on obv., but actually read TR P XXIII with either the final ‘I’ being merged with the neck truncation, or, owing to a die flaw, the final two numerals being obscured (see illustrated details). British Museum (1867,0101.2068) = BMCRE 2061 has been tooled to read TR P XXI on obv., whilst British Museum (1872,0709.653)= BMCRE 2062 clearly reads TR P XXIII.&nbsp; Strack lists three specimens, including one of those from the B.M., but cites as a source of illustration a specimen in Dr Jacob Hirsch, Munich (Auction 34, Gutekunst), 5.5.1914, pl.34, 1125, which again clearly reads TR P XXIII.Cohen cites a specimen from Copenhagen–unsubstantiated by Strack. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Collector on CT Aug. 2020</p><p><br /></p><p>Just fixed my attribution - with thanks RC for all the research I copied! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(Dec. 159-Dec. 160 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS PP T]R P XXIII, laureate head right / [PI]ETATI AVG COS IIII S-C, Pietas draped standing left holding globe and child, to left and</p><p>right two small girls standing.</p><p>RIC 1031; BMCRE 2088-90.</p><p>(17.34 grams / 34 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> &quot;Likely commemorates the birth of Fadilla to Faustina II; the children...are thought to represent Faustina III and Lucilla.</p><p>RIC 1002 and BMCRE 2062 are misdescribed by Mattingly in both RIC3 and BMCRE4. It is extremely doubtful that any specimens read&nbsp; TR P XXII on obv., but actually read TR P XXIII with the final &quot;I&quot; being merged with the neck&quot;</p><p>Roman Collector - Coin Talk Nov 2020[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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