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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3736810, member: 75937&quot;]Annona is the personification of Rome&#039;s grain supply; as such, she is similar to Abundantia, and when an inscription isn&#039;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&#039;s prow or modius at her feet. She is depicted with such nautical symbols, because the grain supply typically arrived by ship from Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Show your Annona coins or anything you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006543[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. </p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.31 g, 16.2 mm, 6 h. </p><p>Rome, AD 152-153. </p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, Laureate head, right. </p><p>Rev: COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding two corn-ears in right hand and resting left hand on modius set on prow. </p><p>Refs: RIC 221; BMCRE 786-88; Cohen/RSC 290; RCV --.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1006544[/ATTACH]</p><p>Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. </p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.95 g, 19.4 mm, 1 h. </p><p>Rome, issue 12, AD 231. </p><p>Obv: IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head, right, with drapery on left shoulder. </p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand over modius at feet and holding anchor in left hand. </p><p>Refs: RIC 188; BMCRE 674-76; RSC 29a; RCV 7859.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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