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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4022870, member: 96898"]Thanks for the informative write-up!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two consecration issues for emperors. The one for Marcus Arelius shows the eagle of Jupiter, the male equivalent of Juno's peacock. The Claudius II coin has an altar instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1057943[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Marcus Aurelius (postumous), Roman Empire, denarius, 180 AD, Rome mint. Obv: DIVUS M ANTONINVS PIVS; head of Marcus Aurelius r. Rev: CONSECRATIO; eagle standing on globe r, head turned l. 19mm, 2.79g. Ref: RIC III Commodus 273.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1057942[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Claudius II Gothicus (postumous), Roman Empire, BI antoninian, 270 AD, Rome or Mediolanum mint. Obv: DIVO CLAVDIO; head of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, r. Obv: CONSECRATIO; altar. 23.5mm, 2.84g. Ref: RIC V Claudius Gothicus 261 or 262.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4022870, member: 96898"]Thanks for the informative write-up! Here are two consecration issues for emperors. The one for Marcus Arelius shows the eagle of Jupiter, the male equivalent of Juno's peacock. The Claudius II coin has an altar instead. [ATTACH=full]1057943[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Marcus Aurelius (postumous), Roman Empire, denarius, 180 AD, Rome mint. Obv: DIVUS M ANTONINVS PIVS; head of Marcus Aurelius r. Rev: CONSECRATIO; eagle standing on globe r, head turned l. 19mm, 2.79g. Ref: RIC III Commodus 273. [ATTACH=full]1057942[/ATTACH] Claudius II Gothicus (postumous), Roman Empire, BI antoninian, 270 AD, Rome or Mediolanum mint. Obv: DIVO CLAVDIO; head of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, r. Obv: CONSECRATIO; altar. 23.5mm, 2.84g. Ref: RIC V Claudius Gothicus 261 or 262.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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