Annia Faustina - completing my collection of Elagabalus, his wives, mothers, aunts, grandmothers etc

Finally I have Annia Faustina. This one is a little rough. I bought it for a few reasons:
1. I love the Tyche-seated-on-rocks type
2. This completes my collection of Elagabalus' people
3. There's only 2 of these coins of Annia Faustina known - and mine, according to the dealer, is the finer of the two.
4. I negotiated a sweet price.

So, without further ado, here she is:


Cilicia, Flaviopolis-Flavias. Annia Faustina. Augusta, AD 221. Æ 29 mm. 13.8 gm. Dated CY 148 (AD 221). Obv: Draped bust right, wearing stephane ΑΝΝΙΑ Φ[ΑΥCTEINA] CEB R Rev: Tyche (Fortuna) seated left on rocks, holding grain ears. SNG France –; SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC –; SNG Tahberer 718. Original blue-green patina. Extremely rare, The second example known.

Please bring on your Annias... I'm pretty sure a few of you have a tetradrachm or two hidden away. Bonus point if you have an imperial!

 

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A hard lady to acquire. Congrats!

 

Not many of us have her, I sure don't. Lucky!

 

Great score and congratulations on completing your Elagabalus set!

 

huh, i wasn't even aware of her till now, nice score.. only 3 coins known..wow!

 

Hard to find empress!!! Nice catch.

Here is mine:


Annia Faustina, 3rd wife of Elagabalus, Augusta, AD 221
Roman provincial AE 25.0 mm, 8.55 gm
Isinda, Pisidia, AD 221
Obv: ANNIAN FAVCTEINAN, bare-headed and draped bust right
Rev: Confronted heads of Serapis and Isis, in field, E-Delta (yr. 4 ).
Refs: Ex Lindgren I A1322A, ex von Aulock, Pisidia I 833 (Plate coin for both references).

Here's the listing in Lindgren:

 

Very cool - and a plate coin no less! There can't be many of these in the world.

 

Great pick up Greg, still good detail, congrats.

 

Wow very cool. Congrats to both of you, Greg and RC.
I've not yet attempted an Annia yet. I know one day I'll have to if I want to complete my collection.

 

Congrats Greg, that is a fantastic coin!

 

Awesome score Greg!

 

Good find. Congrats!

 

Congratulations, Greg!


As Sestertii are what I am after and I will never be able to own one of the handful of genuine Sestertii known of hers, the best thing in reach for me was this specimen which was struck (not cast) for a collector a long time ago:



ANNIA FAVSTINA AVGVSTA / CONCORDIA S C
"Sestertius", cf. RIC 399 , Cohen 2, BMC 451