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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;corvusconstantius, post: 8163913, member: 123797&quot;]Beautiful coin. Pius portraits are always very nice!</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the emperor, I think Antoninus&#039; peace is over rated. Not checking the Germans militarily made for a brutal invasion in Aurelius&#039; reign. Similar story earlier on when the Parthians caused trouble in Armenia in the East and Versus had to fix it. It was said that the Eastern military was in a sorry and undisciplined state at the start of the Persian war.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus&#039; peace is admirable with our current values, but in the ancient world it was necessary to use the sword to ensure stability.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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