bpv_973670 - FAUSTINA MINOR Diassaria
100.00 €(Approx. 106.00$ | 83.00£)
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Type : Diassaria
Date: c. 161-175
Mint name / Town : Pautalia, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 5,51 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement décentré. Agréable buste au droit malgré l’usure. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine jeune à droite vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : FAUSTEINA SEBASTH, (Fausteina Sebasth).
Obverse translation : (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna assise à gauche, portant une Victoire de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche, un bouclier à ses pieds.
Reverse legend : OULPIAS PAUTALIAS.
Reverse translation : (Ulpia Pautalia).
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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