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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8202671, member: 99456&quot;]I cannot comment on the strength of the argument as it isn&#039;t a time period that I am steeped in, but here are the basics for anyone interested/curious:</p><ul> <li><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1280" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1280" rel="nofollow">Aurelius Sestertius RIC 1280</a> (149 BC) shows Pietas with 2 children, one smaller than the other</li> <li><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.504" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.504" rel="nofollow">Faustina&#039;s aureus RIC 504</a> (undated) shows 2 children similarly</li> <li><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.857" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.857" rel="nofollow">Antoninus Pius&#039; Sestertius RIC 857</a> recalling a sestertius of Drusus (dated 149 BC) shows two extant children (girls).&nbsp; Why two boys are shown? This is explained as merely the result of faithfully replicating the model sestertius of Drusus (the sestertius of&nbsp; Drusus issued depicting his sons) or perhaps the two children depicted as genii.</li> </ul><p>Then the ordering of the first three female children of Faustina (relies on &quot;eldest living daughter would have married Lucius Verus&quot;)</p><ul> <li>The first child of Faustina II was born November 30 (Fasti Ostienses)</li> <li>Lucilla was born in March 7 (list of holidays from Gortyna Crete)</li> <li>Lucilla married Lucius Verus – therefore would have been oldest female child at the time</li> <li>Annia Faustina outlived Pius and was alive when Lucilla married Verus – so she was younger than Lucilla</li> <li>Domitia Faustina died before Pius and must have died before Lucilla or she would have been oldest daughter</li> </ul><p>Let&#039;s be careful not to get too serious <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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