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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5483005, member: 75937"]These coins were issued by Antoninus Pius, the proud grandfather! </p><p><br /></p><p>This one looks like a goddess standing around, but the coin likely commemorates the birth of Fadilla to Faustina II; the children at the goddess' feet are thought to represent Faustina III and Lucilla.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-pietati-avg-cos-iiii-fecunditas-sestertius-jpg.1203028/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.46 g, 32.3 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, December 159 - December 160.</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Pietas, standing facing, head left, holding globe in extended right hand and child on left arm; on either side of her, small girl standing, raising one hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1031; BMCRE 2088-90; Cohen 621; Strack 1192; RCV 4205.</p><p>Notes:RIC 1002 and BMCRE <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-653" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-653" rel="nofollow">2062</a> are misdescribed by Mattingly in both RIC3 and BMCRE4. It is extremely doubtful that any specimens read TR P XXII on obv., but actually read TR P XXIII with the final "I" being merged with the neck truncation.</p><p><br /></p><p>The children on the reverse of this denarius are thought by some numismatists to represent (from oldest to youngest) Lucilla, Faustina III, Fadilla, and newborn Cornificia.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-pietati-avg-cos-iiii-fecunditas-denarius-jpg.1162927/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.15 g, 18.1 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome, December, AD 160- March, AD 161.</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIIII, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Faustina II (as Pietas) standing left, holding a child on each arm; at each side of her, a child standing looking towards her and raising hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.313C" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.313C" rel="nofollow">313c</a>; BMCRE <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1894-1105-18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1894-1105-18" rel="nofollow">1013</a>-14; Cohen 631; Strack 384; RCV 4098.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5483005, member: 75937"]These coins were issued by Antoninus Pius, the proud grandfather! This one looks like a goddess standing around, but the coin likely commemorates the birth of Fadilla to Faustina II; the children at the goddess' feet are thought to represent Faustina III and Lucilla. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-pietati-avg-cos-iiii-fecunditas-sestertius-jpg.1203028/[/IMG] Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.46 g, 32.3 mm, 12 h. Rome, December 159 - December 160. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head, right. Rev: PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Pietas, standing facing, head left, holding globe in extended right hand and child on left arm; on either side of her, small girl standing, raising one hand. Refs: RIC 1031; BMCRE 2088-90; Cohen 621; Strack 1192; RCV 4205. Notes:RIC 1002 and BMCRE [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-653']2062[/URL] are misdescribed by Mattingly in both RIC3 and BMCRE4. It is extremely doubtful that any specimens read TR P XXII on obv., but actually read TR P XXIII with the final "I" being merged with the neck truncation. The children on the reverse of this denarius are thought by some numismatists to represent (from oldest to youngest) Lucilla, Faustina III, Fadilla, and newborn Cornificia. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-pietati-avg-cos-iiii-fecunditas-denarius-jpg.1162927/[/IMG] Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Roman AR denarius, 3.15 g, 18.1 mm, 11 h. Rome, December, AD 160- March, AD 161. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIIII, laureate head, right. Rev: PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Faustina II (as Pietas) standing left, holding a child on each arm; at each side of her, a child standing looking towards her and raising hand. Refs: RIC [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.313C']313c[/URL]; BMCRE [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1894-1105-18']1013[/URL]-14; Cohen 631; Strack 384; RCV 4098.[/QUOTE]
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