E-auction 506-417397 - brm_596063 - FAUSTA Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 78 € |
| Maximum bid : | 120 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 December 2022 14:13:30 |
| bidders : | 12 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste de Fausta. Frappe faible au revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FLAV MAX FA-VSTA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Fausta à droite, les cheveux retenus par un petit chignon, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse translation : "Flavia Maxima Fausta Augusta", (Flavie Maxima Fausta augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES REI - PVBLICAE// R(COURONNE)P.
Reverse description : Spes (l'Espérance) ou Fausta debout à gauche, tenant deux enfants dans ses bras.
Reverse translation : “Spei Rei Publicæ”, (L'Espérance de la République).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Chevelure retenue par un petit chignon. Trace de frappe incuse visible au revers.
Historical background
FAUSTA
(+326)
Daughter of Maximianus Herculius, wife of Constantine I, mother of Constantine II, Constans and Constantius II - Augusta
Fausta, daughter of Maximien Hercule, married Constantine in 307 with whom she had five children, three boys, Constantine II, Constance and Constans, and two daughters, Constantina, who married successively Hanniballien and Constance Galle, and Hélène, who married Julien II . Involved in a sordid affair of adultery with her stepson Crispus, she was scalded in her bath on the orders of Constantine in 326.
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