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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beluga, post: 8122752, member: 122920&quot;][ATTACH=full]1414318[/ATTACH] excited to have won this. i have my own theory on who&#039;s depicted on the reverse and was looking for someone more knowledgeable to crush my dreams.</p><p><br /></p><p>the RIC description(pius399a) :Antoninus Pius, seated left on platform on right with a woman standing besid him; both lean forward to receive a little girl, carried by man standing right below; in front of the platform, another man is running up, pushing a second little girl before him</p><p><br /></p><p>and here is a CNG description : official seated left on a platform, leaning forward to hand rolled document to young girl being held aloft towards him by man standing right before the platform; second official standing left behind the first, pointing towards the document; directly below the officials, second citizen bending to lift up second girl in order to present her to the officials</p><p><br /></p><p>my theory : pius and faustina on the platform and marcus aurelius and lucius verus below with the girls</p><p><br /></p><p>evidence: in better condition 2 things stand out </p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1414330[/ATTACH]</p><p>1 - that one of the males on bottom is clearly much younger which would seem odd if it was just an official. marcus would have been 19-20 and lucius 10-11 in 41 which is the date usually attached to this coin. this seems to fit</p><p>2 - effort was given in showing both with curly hair (more noticeable on other examples) which both were of course well known for on their own coins</p><p><br /></p><p>besides this just the fact the marcus would have been a common presence in the &quot;throne room&quot; as seen in other coins, i think it might have been obvious/expected to people of the time[ATTACH=full]1414331[/ATTACH]</p><p>but alas i don&#039;t want to live in delusion if this is obviously false, would love to hear from someone more in the know![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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