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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7568593, member: 110350&quot;]After five days&#039; absence, I thought I&#039;d see if I could come back on with an unobtrusive tack-on post like this one, before starting any new threads, just to see if perhaps a certain harasser has lost interest while I was gone and is no longer stalking me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier in this thread, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] posted a sestertius of Antoninus Pius as proud grandfather, probably celebrating the birth of Fadilla to Faustina II:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what I assume is the dupondius version of the same theme:</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius Æ Dupondius, Rome, ca. 159- 160 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate head right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII / Rev. Pietas [representing Faustina II] standing left, holding globe in extended right hand and infant in left arm, two children standing at her feet, one on each side, each raising one arm [probably representing the Emperor’s three granddaughters then living, namely Marcus Aurelius’s and Faustina II’s daughters Annia Faustina (a/k/a Faustina III), Lucilla, and Fadilla; issued before birth of Cornificia in Aug. 160], PIET-ATI - AVG COS IIII, S-C across fields. RIC III 1035, Sear RCV II 4280 (ill.), Cohen 625. 25.5 mm., 15.57 g. [<i>Ex. Naville Numismatics, Auction 28, Jan. 22, 2017, Lot 611, previously in Italian collection (with old ticket in Italian in name of “Antonino Pio”).</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305080[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>See also the recent Mother&#039;s Day thread for my two denarii and one sestertius of Faustina II, showing respectively the four daughters including Cornificia, the two sons (the infant Caracalla and his twin), and all six of them together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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