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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7581919, member: 85693&quot;]Very nice coin.&nbsp; Furthermore I am glad you posted it because you provided information on the occasion of the distribution (marriage of Faustina II and Marcus Aurelius).&nbsp; I did not know that!&nbsp; Very interesting!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a similar one, but RIC 156 where Liberalitas is holding a vexillium rather than the coin counter (often described as an abacus), and LIB IIII is in the exergue.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Is mine struck for the same occasion but issued to the troops?&nbsp; This could be a case where separate types were used for the congiarium (money given to the people) and for the donativm (Wikipedia spells it donativum which looks wrong) (money given to the troops). </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congiarium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congiarium" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congiarium</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donativum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donativum" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donativum</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306582[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(145-147 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS PP] laureate head right / TR PO-T [COS II]II around, LIB IIII in exergue, Liberalitas standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 156; BMC 574; RSC 490.</p><p>(3.30 grams / 16 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>For more on the counting board/abacus on coins: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/have-you-ever-wondered-how-people-counted-tiny-coins-back-in-the-day.366035/#post-4830773" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/have-you-ever-wondered-how-people-counted-tiny-coins-back-in-the-day.366035/#post-4830773">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/have-you-ever-wondered-how-people-counted-tiny-coins-back-in-the-day.366035/#post-4830773</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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