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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4214496, member: 98035&quot;]Beautiful coins all! And congrats [USER=1969]@david[/USER]! </p><p><br /></p><p>My babies aren&#039;t so much babies anymore - 6 and 4 years old, but I remember the trips home from the hospital like it was yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some little tykes on coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>Gaius (died at 23) probably started appearing on coins around age 14-15[ATTACH=full]1079634[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ditto with younger brother Lucius (died at age 18)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079633[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>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</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079636[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>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</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079637[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s 19 year old Nero with his 17 year old wife Octavia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079635[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>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</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079643[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Baby face Marcus Aurelius, aged about 22?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079645[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus and Annius Verus - Both boys are under 10, and Annius died at age 7 following complications from a surgery</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079646[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus as Caesar, aged about 15</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079644[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Per [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]&#039;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&#039;t think there are any other women who appear before age 13-14?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079650[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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