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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 5136752, member: 98035&quot;]Beautiful coin, Donna!</p><p><br /></p><p>The issues of the children of Marcus and Faustina are fascinating to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just got an example of the type a few months ago</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205244[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a similar type as an As, with two older children at her feet and only one in her arms (ugly, I know but the price was right)[ATTACH=full]1205245[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the infant Commodus and Titus Antoninus is a favorite of mine, both for the innocent and hopeful reverse, and the no-nonsense portrait of a lady who had already given birth ten times!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205246[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Scarcer are issues depicting the children&#039;s faces - this is said to depict Lucilla (right) and possibly Tiberius Aelius Antoninus (left), born in 152 and the first male to survive infancy, although he died at age 4 in 156</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205247[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>An equally tough prize is Annius Verus, the younger brother of Commodus who was made Caesar, but tragically died an early death following a surgery with non-sterile equipment</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205250[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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