v26_0296 - DIVA FAUSTINA Sesterce (GB, Æ )
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 241.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 311.00 €
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 241.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 311.00 €
Type : Sesterce (GB, Æ )
Date: 176
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan irrégulier. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine verte et marron superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVA FAV-STINA PIA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine jeune à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête (L).
Obverse translation : “Diva Faustina Pia”, (la divine Faustine pieuse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO/ S|C.
Reverse description : Faustine drapée et voilée, tenant un sceptre, emportée au ciel par un paon volant à droite.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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.
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