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ID: |
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80000704 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Annia Faustina |
| Date Ruled: |
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Augusta, AD 221
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| Metal: |
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Silver |
| Denomination: |
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Denarius |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 221 under Elagabalus |
| Weight: |
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3.23 g |
| Die Axis: |
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6 h |
| Obverse Legend: |
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ANNIA FAVSTINA AVG |
| Obverse Description: |
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Bare-headed and draped bust right |
| Reverse Legend: |
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CONCORDIA |
| Reverse Description: |
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Elagabalus, laureate and togate, and Annia Faustina, diademed and draped, standing vis-À-vis, clasping right hands;star between them |
| Mint: |
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Rome |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 232 (Elagabalus) |
| Reference2: |
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RSC 001 |
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BMCRE P. 570, † (Elagabalus) |
| Reference4: |
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Thirion 490 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132927 |
| Notes: |
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Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 704. Extremely rare, the fifth and probably the finest known. After divorcing his second wife, the Vestal Virgin Aquilia Severa, amid criticism over the impropriety of the marriage, Elagabalus wed Annia Faustina, the great-granddaughter of Marcus Aurelius. This coin was struck to commemorate the marriage and depicts the young imperial couple in dextrarum iunctio (clasping right hands), a symbol of concord and the gesture adopted during marriage ceremonies. The marriage was short-lived, however, and Elagabalus divorced Annia Faustina within the year and remarried Aquilia Severa. At this point Annia disappears from the historical record. Due to the her short reign as Augusta, coins of Annia Faustina are incredibly rare. This is the fifth known and possibly finest example of this type. It was struck from the same dies as specimens appearing in Leu 22 (8-9 May 1979), lot 316 (=Jameson Collection, 214) and Gorny & Mosch 155 (5 March 2007), lot 342. The other two examples are in Paris and Madrid. |
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