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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7964631, member: 57495&quot;]Great coin, Donna!&nbsp; I&#039;ve always liked the A-Pi/MA double headers and am especially jealous of [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]&#039;s Alexandrian version.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380909[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS with MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.44g, 18.9mm. Rome mint, AD 140 AD. RIC 417a.&nbsp; O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right.&nbsp; R: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head right.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Alexandrian MA as Caesar is dated to Pius&#039;s 13th regnal year, when Aurelius would have been 28-29 years old. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380910[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MARCUS AURELIUS, as Caesar</b></p><p>Billon Tetradrachm. 12.86g, 24.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 13 of Antoninus Pius (AD 149/150).&nbsp; Dattari (Savio) 3185 = Staffieri, <i>Alexandria In Nummis</i> 169 = RPC Online temp #14367/7 (<i>this coin</i>); Emmett 1868.13 (R4). O: M AVPHΛIC • KAICAP, bareheaded and draped bust right. R: Zeus (‘Jupiter Capitolinus’) enthroned left, holding phiale in his extended right hand and scepter with his left; at his feet, eagle standing left, head right, wings closed; L IΓ (date) across upper field.</p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection (purchased from Dr. Piero Beretta, Milan, April 1972); ex Dr. Piero Beretta Collection; ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I sort of have a A-Pi/MA provincial double header, but it&#039;s in pretty awful condition, and the reverse is apparently actually Herakles, but per RPC with &quot;head assimilated to portrait of lightly bearded - short bearded Marcus Aurelius.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380912[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS </b></p><p>AE24. 9.02g, 23.6mm. ARABIA PETRAEA, Decapolis, Philadelphia, circa AD 138-161. RPC Online Temp #6636; Spijkerman 17. O: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟС, laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; to right., small draped bust of Athena, left. R: ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐωΝ ΚΟΙΛ СΥΡΙΑС, bust of Herakles (head assimilated to portrait of short-bearded Marcus Aurelius) wearing lion-skin, right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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