v18_0406 - FAUSTINA MINOR Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 501.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 510.00 €
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 501.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 510.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: 161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire de flan large avec un beau portrait et un revers de haut relief. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vieille collection du XIXe siècle du Sud de la France
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine jeune à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête. (L).
Obverse translation : “Faustina Augusta”, (Faustine Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HIL-A-RITAS.
Reverse description : Hilaritas (La Joie) debout à gauche, drapée, tenant de la main droite une palme et de la gauche une corne d'abondance.
Reverse translation : “Hilaritas”, (La Joie).
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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