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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3572456, member: 75937&quot;]Venus standing right holding scepter and apple only exists as a denarius type, RIC 729, under Marcus Aurelius. Venus standing facing or left, pulling veil and holding apple probably doesn&#039;t exist and neither is illustrated in ERIC II. The Venus standing right, pulling veil and holding apple is a dupondius/as, RIC 1410, not a sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, the reverse types issued by Pius for sestertii of his daughter are limited.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Holding scepter in right hand and object in left: none.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Pulling veil with right hand and holding object in left: <i>ONLY</i> RIC 1375, Hilaritas, standing right, adjusting veil and holding long palm; it is not in the British Museum or at OCRE but there is a specimen at <a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/faustina_II/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/faustina_II/i.html" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]951842[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina&#039;s hairstyle is very different, the obverse inscription is different, and the SC is much lower in the field, as necessitated by the palm.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are no sestertii of Lucilla that even resemble this reverse type, much less with the LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F obverse legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is very puzzling. Are you positive the obverse legend indicates an issue by Antoninus Pius? The FECVNDITAS S C reverse is the closest match, but uses the FAVSTINA AVGVSTA legend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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