'It was found together with ' is just as sound information as ' it was passed through my great grandfather' It doesn't mean zilch...
The handshake in
Roman times meant: we are in agreement - we have made a bond.
Funnily enough the handshake coin is one of the first, largely produced coins of Antonine as
Caesar, and one of the
rare coins shortly before
his death.
I have always supposed the meaning was to stress
his allience to
marcus Aurelius at a time the old emperor felt
his time
had come.
If ever you want to
part with this coin.... I know of a warm family-like
collection it would fit into....
Frans
