bpv_651732 - FAUSTINA MINOR Diobole
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Type : Diobole
Date: an 12
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,57 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau droit mais revers à l’usure importante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé à gauche de Faustine jeune.
Obverse legend : FAUSTINA - SEBASTH.
Obverse translation : (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L.
Reverse description : Elpis debout à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et un pan de la robe de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : DWDEKATOU.
Reverse translation : (An 12).
Commentary
Ce type avec le buste à gauche semble particulièrement rare !.
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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