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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5136719, member: 110350&quot;]It also occurs to me that since Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus and Commodus were apparently born in 161 AD as the ninth and tenth children (I&#039;ve read, by the way, that Commodus was actually the younger twin, making him the tenth child), and presuming that the FECVND AVGVSTAE coin was issued before the twins were born and depicts only girls -- including the two youngest children then living -- then the date of the coin must be <u>before</u> 161 AD. Meaning that Sear was incorrect in dating it to the period 161-175 AD. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, because Antoninus Pius died in March 161 AD (the twins were born in August), dating the coin before 161 would also mean that Faustina II&#039;s coins used the &quot;Augusta&quot; title for her even before her father died and Marcus Aurelius ascended to the throne. Unlless the coin were somehow designed and minted between March and August.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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