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<p>[QUOTE="beluga, post: 8122752, member: 122920"][ATTACH=full]1414318[/ATTACH] excited to have won this. i have my own theory on who'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> [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 "throne room" 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'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>
[QUOTE="beluga, post: 8122752, member: 122920"][ATTACH=full]1414318[/ATTACH] excited to have won this. i have my own theory on who's depicted on the reverse and was looking for someone more knowledgeable to crush my dreams. 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 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 my theory : pius and faustina on the platform and marcus aurelius and lucius verus below with the girls evidence: in better condition 2 things stand out [ATTACH=full]1414330[/ATTACH] 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 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 besides this just the fact the marcus would have been a common presence in the "throne room" as seen in other coins, i think it might have been obvious/expected to people of the time[ATTACH=full]1414331[/ATTACH] but alas i don't want to live in delusion if this is obviously false, would love to hear from someone more in the know![/QUOTE]
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