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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8202728, member: 75937&quot;]I don&#039;t believe the coin depicts two boys. If you look at well-struck examples of the corresponding aurei and the sestertius in question, it&#039;s clear that at least one of the children -- if not both -- are wearing the stephane. See, for example, these specimens in the collection of the British Museum:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-temporvm-felicitas-aureus-bmc-679-jpg.760773/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>BMCRE 4, p. 97, <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1864-1128-72" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1864-1128-72" rel="nofollow">679</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-temporvm-felicitas-sestertius-bmc-1828-jpg.760774/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>BMCRE 4, p.298, <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-13749" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-13749" rel="nofollow">1828</a></p><p><br /></p><p>CNG <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=206870" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=206870" rel="nofollow">Triton VIII</a> sale:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-grandchildren-cng-jpg.760786/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Not only does the child above the cornucopiae on the right wear a diadem, but the child also looks to be about two years old, whereas the child on the left appears to be a newborn.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the children on this coin are Domitia Faustina, born 30 November 147, and Lucilla, born 7 March, 149.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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