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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1706338, member: 19463&quot;]Please note you left out a very important letter: M</p><p>OBV: DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS; Bare head right</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was actually struck by Commodus in honor of his recently deceased father Marcus so we need to be sure to record that M.&nbsp; To the best of my knowledge there were no Eagle rider type sestertii for Antoninus Pius and his Consecratio coins did not put Pius on the obverse so this error will not cause you to mix them up.&nbsp; Yours is a nice clearly readable coin.&nbsp; I would suggest, however, you still might want a lifetime Marcus to go with the set.&nbsp; That is the problem with these coins: One leads to another and another and another....</p><p><br /></p><p>Only the earlier Aurelius coins used the word Aurelius in the legends.&nbsp; Later he was known as M Antoninus.&nbsp; Since you have a nice posthumous coin, you might want a young one next.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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