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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3054735, member: 75937"]Gorgeous coin! The Stoecklin family sure had a taste for fine coins, no? </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree the figure being carried on the reverse is possibly (probably?) a woman. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a dupondius depicting Pietas, which various numismatists have postulated is a depiction of Livia, Vipsania, and even the disgraced Livilla:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]765119[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tiberius, AD 14-37</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 14.32 gm, 29.15 mm, 1 h</p><p>Rome, AD 22/23 </p><p>Obv: PIETAS, veiled, diademed and draped bust of Pietas, right</p><p>Rev: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC</p><p>Refs: RIC Tiberius 43; BMCRE Tiberius 98; CBN Tiberius 74; Cohen 1; Sear 1741.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3054735, member: 75937"]Gorgeous coin! The Stoecklin family sure had a taste for fine coins, no? I agree the figure being carried on the reverse is possibly (probably?) a woman. Here's a dupondius depicting Pietas, which various numismatists have postulated is a depiction of Livia, Vipsania, and even the disgraced Livilla: [ATTACH=full]765119[/ATTACH] Tiberius, AD 14-37 Roman orichalcum dupondius, 14.32 gm, 29.15 mm, 1 h Rome, AD 22/23 Obv: PIETAS, veiled, diademed and draped bust of Pietas, right Rev: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC Refs: RIC Tiberius 43; BMCRE Tiberius 98; CBN Tiberius 74; Cohen 1; Sear 1741.[/QUOTE]
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