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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 6610397, member: 75937&quot;]What a wonderful tribute to one of my favorite emperors, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER]! I hope your write-up becomes a feature article! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of his coins honoring Annona in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-annona-avg-s-c-sestertius-jpg.1151116/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.16 g, 29 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 142.</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVG S C, Annona standing right, between modius and prow, holding corn ears and out-turned cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 597; BMCRE 1228; Cohen 37; RCV 4147; UCR 502.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-cos-iiii-annona-denarius-modius-left-jpg.1030810/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.88 g, 18.0 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 149.</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: COS IIII, Annona standing left, holding two corn-ears in right hand over modius and resting left hand on anchor.</p><p>Refs: RIC 175; BMCRE 657-60; Cohen 284; RCV --; Strack 191.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1266656[/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><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These two were issued for the dedication of the temple in AD 143.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-1-24_4-45-21-png.1057182/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.44 g, 18.7 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 143.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: DEDICATIO AEDIS, hexastyle temple on stepped podium, above, a quadriga, Victories as acroteria.</p><p>Refs: RIC 388; BMCRE 306; Cohen 191; Strack 426; RCV 4596; UCR 434; CRE 127.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avg-temple-denarius-jpg.1057185/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.55 g, 17.4 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 143.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVG, hexastyle temple on stepped podium, above, a quadriga, Victories as acroteria.</p><p>Refs: RIC 396; BMCRE 319-21; Cohen 253; Strack 432; RCV 4599; UCR 435; CRE 129.</p><p><br /></p><p>A third type was issued in AD 150 for the 10th anniversary of the empress&#039;s death.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-aed-div-favstinae-denarius-jpg.815887/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina Senior, Augusta AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.27 g, 17.5 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome under Antoninus Pius, AD 150.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: AED DIV FAVSTINAE, hexastyle temple on podium; statues to right and left and seated figure of Faustina in center; statues of Victory at corners of pediment.</p><p>Refs: RIC 343; BMCRE 341; Cohen 1; RCV 4573; CRE 126.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Posthumous issue for Antoninus Pius, commemorating his consecration to the realm of the gods.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-consecratio-denarius-jpg.1038722/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.26g, 17.2 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 161.</p><p>Obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS, head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right, with drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers decorated with garlands and statues and surmounted by a quadriga.</p><p>Refs: RIC 438; BMCRE 60-64; RSC 164a; RCV 5193; MIR 24.</p><p>Notes: Also struck with a right-facing bare head (no drapery) portrait.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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