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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4814484, member: 85693"]Very interesting, RC. I have this coin - mine is pretty rough, but the obverse legend is sorta there - I could definitely see how this might be XIII rather than XII - I need to change my attribution:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167360[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 158-159 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS PP T]R P XXII, laureate head right / [PI]ETATI AVG COS IIII S-C, Pietas draped standing left holding globe and child, to left and right two small girls standing. </p><p>RIC 1002; BMC 2062.</p><p>(17.34 grams / 34 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b></p><p>"This coin is believed to be...commemorating the grandchildren of Antoninus Pius or the birth of Marcus Aurelius/Faustina II's third surviving daughter. The reverse is described as Faustina Jr. as Pietas...standing left between Faustina Minima, Lucilla and holding baby Fadilla."</p><p>(FORVM post)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4814484, member: 85693"]Very interesting, RC. I have this coin - mine is pretty rough, but the obverse legend is sorta there - I could definitely see how this might be XIII rather than XII - I need to change my attribution: [ATTACH=full]1167360[/ATTACH] [B]Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius (c. 158-159 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS PP T]R P XXII, laureate head right / [PI]ETATI AVG COS IIII S-C, Pietas draped standing left holding globe and child, to left and right two small girls standing. RIC 1002; BMC 2062. (17.34 grams / 34 mm) [B]Notes:[/B] "This coin is believed to be...commemorating the grandchildren of Antoninus Pius or the birth of Marcus Aurelius/Faustina II's third surviving daughter. The reverse is described as Faustina Jr. as Pietas...standing left between Faustina Minima, Lucilla and holding baby Fadilla." (FORVM post)[/QUOTE]
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