brm_970393 - DIVA FAUSTINA Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 176
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 19,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court, centré. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine verte
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 : Autel à quatre caissons.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
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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