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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1225755, member: 19463&quot;]There are four Marcus coins in the group.&nbsp; First is row 3 far right showing the curly mop top and no beard of the young Caesar.&nbsp; Next is row 2 center showing the older Caesar probably soon before he became Augustus.&nbsp; Top row middle is adult and Augustus.&nbsp; Last is Row 2 far right Divus posthumous issue by Commodus.&nbsp; One could make a case for these being the four most different &#039;looks&#039; for Aurelius which adds weight to the theory that the group was a collection.&nbsp; However, except for the two different Antoninus Pius coins and the rulers represented by just one coin, the obverses show duplications I can&#039;t explain.&nbsp; If we saw the reverses, it might be obvious but I suspect this is just a representative cross section of what was circulating.&nbsp; I remain troubled by two nice Nerva&#039;s but perhaps that ruler was special to the soldier.&nbsp; We can never know such things for certain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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