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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2967923, member: 19463"]Fair Warning:Annia Faustina, wife of Elagabalus and rare of coin was the great granddaughter of another Annia Faustina who we know better as Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius.  There are a few issues of Faustina II that include her name Annia in their legends so don't be fooled into paying high prices for the wrong empress.  Below is one of the 'foolers'. See the legend at left ANNIA FAV.  AE28 Diocaesarea / thunderbolt [ATTACH=full]727659[/ATTACH] <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=diocaesarea+faustina&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=diocaesarea+faustina&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=diocaesarea+faustina&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=</a> IMHO  the above face could hardly be anyone but Faustina II but there will be those who sell this coin as the lady in higher demand.  Of course this coin is hardly common so you may have trouble finding one if you want it.[/QUOTE]