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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4526079, member: 57495"]Nice addition, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! </p><p><br /></p><p>I've seen the ones of Geta with just Castor, but don't have one. On the want list, though. Fishing for bonus points: Postumus has a CASTOR as well. Without naming him, this reverse was also used for Commodus and Tacitus. Why was he more popular than this twin?</p><p><br /></p><p>My Alexandrian with both twins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121357[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 23.36g, 34.1mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 2 (AD 138/9). RPC Online Temp #14776 (6 spec.); Emmett 1652 (R5); Geissen 1299 . O: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС ƐVСƐΒ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: L Β, draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, facing front; on either side, the Dioscuri, each crowned with star, standing, facing, heads turned towards bust, holding spears and whips.</p><p>Notes: Extremely rare type; unique to Antoninus Pius, and only struck in this year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4526079, member: 57495"]Nice addition, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! I've seen the ones of Geta with just Castor, but don't have one. On the want list, though. Fishing for bonus points: Postumus has a CASTOR as well. Without naming him, this reverse was also used for Commodus and Tacitus. Why was he more popular than this twin? My Alexandrian with both twins: [ATTACH=full]1121357[/ATTACH] [B]ANTONINUS PIUS[/B] AE Drachm. 23.36g, 34.1mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 2 (AD 138/9). RPC Online Temp #14776 (6 spec.); Emmett 1652 (R5); Geissen 1299 . O: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС ƐVСƐΒ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: L Β, draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, facing front; on either side, the Dioscuri, each crowned with star, standing, facing, heads turned towards bust, holding spears and whips. Notes: Extremely rare type; unique to Antoninus Pius, and only struck in this year.[/QUOTE]
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