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ID:     80000704
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Annia Faustina
Date Ruled:     Augusta, AD 221
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 221 under Elagabalus
Weight:     3.23 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     ANNIA FAVSTINA AVG
Obverse Description:     Bare-headed and draped bust right
Reverse Legend:     CONCORDIA
Reverse Description:     Elagabalus, laureate and togate, and Annia Faustina, diademed and draped, standing vis-À-vis, clasping right hands;star between them
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC 232 (Elagabalus)
Reference2:     RSC 001
Reference3:     BMCRE P. 570, † (Elagabalus)
Reference4:     Thirion 490
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132927
Notes:     Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 704. Extremely rare, the fifth and probably the finest known. After divorcing his second wife, the Vestal Virgin Aquilia Severa, amid criticism over the impropriety of the marriage, Elagabalus wed Annia Faustina, the great-granddaughter of Marcus Aurelius. This coin was struck to commemorate the marriage and depicts the young imperial couple in dextrarum iunctio (clasping right hands), a symbol of concord and the gesture adopted during marriage ceremonies. The marriage was short-lived, however, and Elagabalus divorced Annia Faustina within the year and remarried Aquilia Severa. At this point Annia disappears from the historical record. Due to the her short reign as Augusta, coins of Annia Faustina are incredibly rare. This is the fifth known and possibly finest example of this type. It was struck from the same dies as specimens appearing in Leu 22 (8-9 May 1979), lot 316 (=Jameson Collection, 214) and Gorny & Mosch 155 (5 March 2007), lot 342. The other two examples are in Paris and Madrid.