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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3864059, member: 85693&quot;]A very enjoyable thread indeed.&nbsp; Here are 2 from Antoninus Pius -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022015[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(140-143 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, bare head right / GENIVS POP ROMANI, Genius of the Roman people standing front, holding scepter and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 70a.</p><p>(2.90 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022016[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(156-157 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG P[IVS PP IMP II], laureate head right / TR PO[T XX COS IIII], Securitas seated left on chair formed by two cornucopiae, with sceptre.&nbsp; SC in exergue.</p><p>RIC 967; BMC 2016.</p><p>(26.47 grams / 30 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder what sitting on a cornucopia felt like?&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t look very comfortable, but I suppose it depends on what end you were on![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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