v18_0409 - DIVA FAUSTINA Sesterce (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 375.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 484.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 375.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 484.00 €
Type : Sesterce (GB, Æ 31)
Date: 176
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait inhabituel. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine marron avec de minuscules concrétions vertes au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVAE FAV-STINA PIA.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, voilé et drapé de Faustine jeune à droite (L).
Obverse translation : “Diva Faustina Pia”, (la divine Faustine pieuse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AETERNITAS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Æternitas (l’Éternité) ou Cérès debout à droite, voilée et drapée, tenant son voile de la main droite et une torche de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æternitas”, (L’Éternité).
Historical background
DIVA FAUSTINA
(+175)
Consecration of Marcus Aurelius
Young Faustina died in 175 in Halala at the foot of Mount Taurus, exhausted, aged around 45, after having given thirteen children to the Emperor. She is immediately deified. A coinage of consecration is minted to restore his memory. It is however less important than the one that his father, Antonin the Pious, had struck for his mother Faustina Mother or the Elder after 141.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
