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Offline Molinari

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I have successfully identified my first coin from the lot I bought from Joe:

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AR Denarius (2.72g). Rome mint. Struck AD 155-156. Laureate head right / Pietas standing facing, head left, placing hands on heads of children standing at her sides. RIC III 253a; RSC 992a.

Pretty light compared to another example I saw, at 3.47g.  Is that normal variance or could this be a fouree?  It doesn't appear to be in hand.

I didn't realize Pietas was so important to the Romans.  

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Re: Antoninus Pius Denarius, Pietas escorting two children on reverse
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2017, 02:51:22 pm »
The rev. type seems to show the two grandchildren of Antoninus, daughters of Marcus Caesar and Faustina II, who were alive when the type was struck in 156 AD.

One of them, the elder, was certainly Lucilla, who was to marry Lucius Verus in c. 164, then be executed early in the reign of her younger brother Commodus, for conspiring against him.
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Re: Antoninus Pius Denarius, Pietas escorting two children on reverse
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2017, 03:43:20 pm »
Ha, that is kind of ironic!  Thanks for the added info.

 

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