Purchased from a local show -- a couple of Annona denarii

Annona is the personification of Rome's grain supply; as such, she is similar to Abundantia, and when an inscription isn't specific, the two personifications can be hard to distinguish. Annona is depicted as a woman wearing a stola and palla and she typically holds grain ears and a cornucopiae, statuette, rudder or anchor; often with a ship's prow or modius at her feet. She is depicted with such nautical symbols, because the grain supply typically arrived by ship from Egypt.

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Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.
Roman AR denarius, 3.31 g, 16.2 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 152-153.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, Laureate head, right.
Rev: COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding two corn-ears in right hand and resting left hand on modius set on prow.
Refs: RIC 221; BMCRE 786-88; Cohen/RSC 290; RCV --.


Severus Alexander, AD 222-235.
Roman AR denarius, 2.95 g, 19.4 mm, 1 h.
Rome, issue 12, AD 231.
Obv: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head, right, with drapery on left shoulder.
Rev: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius at feet and holding anchor in left hand.
Refs: RIC 188; BMCRE 674-76; RSC 29a; RCV 7859.

 

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Nice coins! It's always good to have a grain supply deity or two in your collection...

Here are my Annona coins, including an Antoninus Pius somewhat similar to yours:


Vespasian, Roman Empire, denarius, 77/78 AD, Rome mint. Obv: CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head of Vespasian right. Rev; ANNONA AVG, Annona seated left, holding corn ears. 19mm, 3.33g. Ref: RIC II, 964.


Antoninus Pius, Roman Empire, denarius, 155–156 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [ANTO]NINVS AVG PIVS PP [IMP II], head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, r. Rev: TR POT XIX [CO]S III, Annona standing l., holding corn ears, resting l. hand on modius standing on prow with rudder leaning on it. 18mm, 3.27g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 249.


Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, denarius, 197–198 AD, Rome mint. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head of Septimius Severus r. Rev: ANNONAE AVG, Annona standing l., holding grain ears and cornucopia, foot on prow. 17mm, 2.61g. Ref: RIC IV.1 Septimius Severus 107.

 

o very nice RC, kool pick up.....i have a Hadrian & Phillip l denari featuring Annona

 

Nice pick ups!



Philip I Arab AD 244-249. Rome
Sestertius Æ
29mm., 20,29g.
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I right / ANNONA AVGG; Annona standing left, holding grain ears over modius at feet, and cornucopiae in left hand.

 

Nice-- especially the A-Pi reverse!

This Nero sestertius with Annona and Ceres is a favorite:


Nero
struck in Rome, CE 63
Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm
Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate head right, wearing aegis
Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar; in background, stern of ship
Ref: RIC 98. Cohen 24

 

Some nice new additions, I really like that Sev Alexander reverse.


Philip I, Antoninianus, Rome, 247 AD, (23mm, 4.55g), Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Annona standing left, holding grain ears over prow and cornucopia. RIC IV 59.