brm_945940 - FAUSTINA MAJOR Denier
200.00 €(Approx. 210.00$ | 166.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 141
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVA FAVSTINA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine mère à droite avec les cheveux relevés, coiffés en chignon (L).
Obverse translation : “Diva Faustina”, (Divine Faustine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Paon passant à droite, tournant la tête à droite.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Ce denier aurait été frappé à l’occasion du décès de Faustine. En général, les portraits sont plutôt voilés, cette année-là. En réalité, ce type pourrait avoir été frappé entre 141 et 145.
Historical background
FAUSTINA MAJOR
(+141)
Consecration of Antoninus Pius
Faustina mother, daughter of Rupilia Faustina, Hadrian's sister-in-law, married Antoninus Pius between 110 and 115 and had at least two children: Marcus Galerius Antonius, a boy who died in infancy and young Faustina who married Marcus Aurelius. Faustina mother receives the title of augusta in 139 and is therefore associated with coinage. She died in 141, aged about forty. Antonin immediately had her deified and struck an important coinage of consecration, establishing the "Puellæ Faustinianæ" for young orphans or poor. Antoninus will raise the Temple of Faustina in the region of the Temple of Peace (Regio IV).
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