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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2003481, member: 44132&quot;]This is the other coin I got along with the Philip II.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a nice coin, but the price was negligible and it shared the shipping charges with the Philip II.&nbsp; I also have to thank Mat for helping with the ID of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359381[/ATTACH]</p><p>FAUSTINA JR AE26&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; FAVCTEINA NEA CEBACTH, draped bust right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; AGCILAEWN, Demeter seated left holding corn ears &amp; long torch</p><p>Struck at Anchialus, Thrace, 147-175 AD</p><p>9.6g, 26mm</p><p>Moushmov 2789</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Annia Galeria Faustina Minor</b> (<i>Minor</i> is Latin for <i>the Younger</i>), <b>Faustina Minor</b> or <b>Faustina the Younger</b> (16 February between 125 and 130 – 175) was a daughter of Antonius Pius and Faustina the Elder. She was a Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Marcus Aurelius. Though Roman sources give a generally negative view of her character, she was held in high esteem by soldiers and her own husband and was given divine honors after her death.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cassius Dio and the Augustan History accuse Faustina of ordering deaths by poison and execution; she has also been accused of instigating the revolt of Avidius Cassius against her husband. The <i>Augustan History</i> mentions adultery with sailors, gladiators, and men of rank; however, Faustina and Aurelius seem to have been very close and mutually devoted.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Anchialos</b> (Pomorie, Bulgaria today) was possibly founded in the 5th or 4th century B.C. as a colony of Apollonia. It is mentioned in Strabo&#039;s Geographica as a small town. It was briefly captured by Messembria in the 2nd century B.C., but retaken by Apollonia and its fortified walls destroyed. The western Black Sea coast was conquered by the Romans under Marcus Licinius Crassus in 29 - 28 B.C. after continuous campaigns in the area since 72 - 71. The city became part of the Roman province of Thrace and was formally proclaimed a city under Trajan. Anchialos prospered as the most important import and export location in Thrace during the 2nd and 3rd centuries and acquired the appearance of a Roman city during the Severan Dynasty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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