v34_0545 - FAUSTINA MINOR As, (MB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 26)
Date: 165-175
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré sur un flan irrégulier. Très beau portrait. Revers de haut relief de style fin. Magnifique patine verte
Catalogue references :
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 : VENVS - FELIX/ S|C.
Reverse description : Vénus drapée assise à gauche, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Venus Felix”, (Vénus heureuse).
Commentary
Buste sans stéphané.
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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