v13_1213 - FAUSTA Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 237.82 €
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 237.82 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 318-319
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Thessalonique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,24 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan large et complet. Flan corrodé des deux côtés. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAVS-TA N F.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Fausta à droite, les cheveux retenus par un petit chignon, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse translation : “Fausta Nobilissima Femina”, (Fausta très noble femme).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Étoile à huit rais dans une couronne fermée.
Commentary
Poids très léger.
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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