CONCORDIAE S C


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    CONCORDIAE S.C.----Antoninus, holding in his left hand a figure of Concordia, and Faustina, with a sceptre in her left hand, standing on a pedestal, join their right hands; below are two smaller figures, also joining their right hands; between them an altar. First brass of Antoninus Pius. (British Museum).

    This coin elegantly typifies the concord subsisting between the imperial consorts, viz. Antoninus and Faustina senior; and at the same time, by means of the smaller figures, it alludes to the matrimonial alliance which had been recently formed between Marcus Aurelius and their daughter, Faustina junior.----Eckhel. vii. p. 14.


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