Live auction - brm_543112 - FAUSTINA MINOR Denier
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 560 € |
| Maximum bid : | 560 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 September 2019 15:15:42 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie de qualité exceptionnelle sur flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Magnifique petit buste de Faustine ainsi qu’un joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son coupant d’origine, notamment au revers. Patine grise avec reflets bleutés et dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé de Faustine jeune à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête, vu de trois quarts en avant (L4).
Obverse translation : "Faustina Augusta” (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAECVLI FELICIT.
Reverse description : Trône sur lequel sont placés deux bébés (Commode et Antonin).
Reverse translation : “Sæculi Felicitas” (La Félicité du siècle).
Commentary
Il existe pour ce denier au moins deux variétés, avec le buste de Faustine diadémé ou pas. Revers historiquement important commémorant la naissance de jumeaux dont Commode.
Historical background
FAUSTINA MINOR
(+175)
Augusta
Young Faustina, the daughter of Antoninus and Faustina Mother, was born between 128 and 132. She married Marc Aurèle in 145 and received the title of augusta in 146. She had thirteen children, seven of whom survived childhood. A very important coinage is struck until his death in 175 in Halala at the foot of Mount Taurus in Cappadocia.
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FAUSTINA MINOR Denier MS
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