Looks like a boy

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Philip II was six when his father became Emperor and named his son Caesar, This coin was struck when Philip II was seven years old.

PHILIP II
AR Antoninianus
OBVERSE: M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: PRINCIPI IVVENT - Philip II standing right, holding spear and globe
Struck at Rome, 245 AD
5.1g, 22.5mm
RIC 216c (Philip I), C 54

 

It's interesting how very different the portraits on the obverse dies look on our two examples of this coin.

 

What a beautiful baby. My baby daughter just turned 20 on the 29th. She is a leap baby.

 

Methinks many of these coins were struck. I've seen a wide variety of portraits of the kid. Just check out vcoins or m-a shops.

 

Congrats on the little one, @David@PCC !

Here’s one of Geta at around age 12.


Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius (19 mm, 3.23 g), Rome, 200-202. Bare-headed and draped bust of Geta to right/ Rev. PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Geta, as prince of the youth, standing left in military attire, holding baton in his right hand and spear with his left; behind, trophy. RIC 18.

 

Congratulations @David@PCC! What an amazing blessing.
My wife and I already had a boy and said we would try twice more to have a daughter. Well, you guessed it, on the second try we had twin boys. I cashed in my chips, having won or lost at the game of life, depending on the gender you prefer.
My twin boys (2 now) wearing suspiciously similar beanies as your new baby girl (hospital issue)!


Oh, and to keep it legit:

 

"Looks like a boy" took an unexpected twist....Congrats on your beautiful baby daughter, @David@PCC! and handsome twins @Ryro... Here's a Severan youngster for @Valentinian's opening theme - wearing oversized shirt...:

Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius, AD 200-202
Obv: P SEPT CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICT AETERN, Victory flying left, holding in both hands, an open wreath over a shield on a low base

 

Here's a young portrait....

Licinius II (320 ad)Follis.Siscia 3.00gr 20mm dia.
Obv.LICINIVS IVN NOB C.(Laureate head right)
Rev.CAESARVM NOSTRORVM (Wreath inscribed VOT.V
Mintmark (delta)SIS(star)
RIC VII Siscia #162 (Rated scarce)

 

Arcadius as a little squirt:

AE4 votive from Antioch

 

Beautiful coins all! And congrats @david!

My babies aren't so much babies anymore - 6 and 4 years old, but I remember the trips home from the hospital like it was yesterday.

Some little tykes on coins...

Gaius (died at 23) probably started appearing on coins around age 14-15

Ditto with younger brother Lucius (died at age 18)


Tiberius Gemellus, the last descendant of Tiberius was adopted by Tiberius as a teenager, and was forced to kill himself at age 18 after being accused of poisoning Caligula


Britannacus caesar, here about 10-12 years old; he was poisoned by Nero before he turned 14 and could legally present his claim for the Principate


Here's 19 year old Nero with his 17 year old wife Octavia


I have no idea how to date the issues of Faustina II as Pia Filia, but she got married at 15 and looks it in this coin


Baby face Marcus Aurelius, aged about 22?


Commodus and Annius Verus - Both boys are under 10, and Annius died at age 7 following complications from a surgery


Commodus as Caesar, aged about 15


Per @dougsmit's question, I suspect that Lucilla was probably the youngest woman to appear on coinage as Augustus Filia, as she was betrothed to Verus at age 11 and received the title of Augusta upon her marriage at age 14... I don't think there are any other women who appear before age 13-14?

 

Severans had a lot of kids with a lot of power...

Caracalla as Caesar, aged about 8-9?


Geta as Caesar, not sure how old?


Plautilla, married Caracalla at about 17


Diadumenian, aged about 9-10


Beardless Elagabalus, age 17-18

Julia Paula, probably a teenager


Aquilia Severa, also probably a teenager


Severus Alexander as Caesar, age 13


Orbiana, about 16-18


Gordian III as Caesar, age 13

 

First of all, to celebrate the twins of @Ryro :



I'm not sure if we've had Hostilian? We don't know his year of birth, but it is "probably the late 230s" according to David Sear. He looks like a boy on his portrait, at least:

 

Cool! That looks like the "Laodicea" mint version of that coin (RIC 101; BMCRE 724). Compare it to the British Museum specimen:



I only have the Rome mint version:


Geta, Caesar AD 198-209.
Roman AR denarius, 3.43 g, 19.4 mm.
Rome, AD 199-204.
Obv: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: VICT AETERN, Victory advancing left, holding open wreath in both hands over oval shield set on base.
Refs: RIC 23; BMCRE 247-48; Cohen/RSC 206; RCV 7205; Hill 458.

 

SANITY CHECK: Are you getting any sleep?

 

Sure I still get 2 or 3 hours

 

Enjoy those 2-3 hrs. I went through 6 of them. Does not matter the age, they will ALL keep you up at night!

 

Hi All,

Per Wikipedia, Ptolemy V was born 9 October 210 BCE and inherited the throne at the age of five in 204 BCE, when his parents died in suspicious circumstances, possibly poisoned. This coin was minted sometime during the Fifth Syrian War (202-196 BCE), when Ptolemy V would have been between the ages of 8 and 14. For more details on Ptolemy V see the Wikipedia entry at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_V_Epiphanes .



PTOLEMY V EPIPHANES (205/204-180 BCE)
PHOENICIA, DORA, Fifth Syrian War Coinage

AR STATER (TETRADRACHM)
Size: 24x25 mm
Weight: 12.58 g
Die Axis: 0
Dies: A21/P02 [Die information comes from Carlen & Lorber "The Fifth Syrian War portrait coinage. A die study" (RNB vol CLXV, 2019). THIS coin listed for DORA, page 214, #4.]

OBV: Ptolemy V portrait bust diademmed and wearing chlamys, facing right, barley ear on diadem. Dotted border.
REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed. Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙOY ΒΑΣΙΛ[ΕΩΣ]. In left field: ΔΩ. Dotted border.

Refs: Svoronos 1262, pl xli, 23 [4 listed]; SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 1294; Mørkholm, "Some coins of Ptolemy V from Palestine" in INJ 5 (1981), 9 (dies A3/P7) [9 listed]. Early Hellenistic Coinage 320.
Hoards: There were 4 in Syria, 1981 (CH VII, 90 = CH VIII, 339 = EH I, 105), Meadows 850-853.

Notes: Reverse die flaw at 11:00 position above Delta. Triton XII, 390 (same dies, no flaw on reverse). Same reverse die as EH 1 105, The "Syria'' 1981 Hoard #851 (no flaw) and Morkholm (IJN 5 1981) #6.

ex-CNG CLASSICAL NUMISMATIC GROUP, INC eAuction 411, Lot #250

- Broucheion

 

I guess every couple of months this thread should be revisited to "Like" the OP (I missed it the first time), add a relevant youthful portrait and check in to see if @David@PCC is sleeping much. Here's another Geta @ 14 or 15 years old from Loadicea and @3.44g heavy outlier.
Geta, as Caesar, 198-209, AR denarius, Laodicea ad Mare, 203
Obv: P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to right
Rev: MINERV SANCT Minerva, helmeted, standing front, her head turned to left, resting her right hand on a shield set on the ground and holding a reversed spear with her left
Ref: RIC 105a

 

Here is a Diadumenian tetradrachm from Antioch. He looks like a boy.



Son of Macrinus, 217-218, he was 9 or 10 during the reign.
26-24 mm. 13.68 grams.
KAIC M OΠЄΛ • ANTΩNINOC, bare-headed and curiassed bust right
(Caesar Marcus Opellius ... )
ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATO around eagle, head and tail right, Δ and Є either side of neck
Prier 248