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Message:: [QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 6393756, member: 87404"]I just got this coin delivered yesterday, my first platform scene. The obverse isn't great, but that's not why I got it. It is not a Liberalitas type, but rather an anepigraphic type with both Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar) in the platform, circa 140-144 AD during Aurelius' first consulship. [ATTACH=full]1253194[/ATTACH] Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius, Struck 140-144 AD, Rome mintObverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, head, laureate, rightReverse: Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius seated left on sella castrensis on raised daïs, extending hand; to left and right, lictor standing, holding rod. SC in exergue. References: RIC 628aSize: 32mm, 24.6g To me it looks like Marcus Aurelius is the larger one on the left, where the right one looks bearded and smaller which seems more like Antoninus Pius. I especially like the detail of the ripples on the cloth that is on and flows off of the platform (cloth cover appears to be uncommon for this type). And it has some nicely detailed curule chairs (pretty ornate or complex compared to other examples) and wrinkled togas.[/QUOTE]