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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 5136617, member: 44316&quot;]I have one of the OP type. I don&#039;t think we can <b>know</b> who the four children are unless some ancient source referenced this type and named the children on it, and I don&#039;t think that happened. I think a catalog writer would write they are the first four surviving children. If ancient sources name their kids in birth order and at some time four are alive, I&#039;d put the two at the feet as the oldest and the two in arms as the youngest. That appears to be what Foss did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Foss, <i>Roman Historical Coins</i>, page 143, gives names with birth and death dates (as far as is known) for 13 children of Faustina II. Two, Lucilla and Commodus, later have coins of their own. Then, about this type, he notes the two children at the feet are girls, and would be Annia Faustina (oldest child) and Lucilla (third oldest child) [the second child born died young] and the two in arms are Fadilla (seventh) and Cornificia (eighth) [the others died too young to be among four surviving children].</p><p>&nbsp; Commodus was a twin and the ninth child. Foss says the type with the two children and SAECVLI FELICITAS (type above) shows the twin boys Commodus and Antonius (born in 161 and died in 193 and&nbsp; 165 respectively.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205200[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an aureus much like this with two children at her feet and only one child in her arms (Foss, Faustina the Younger #5).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you like the connection between history and coin types, you will like Foss. I consult mine a lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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