E-auction 14-3550 - bpv_156746 - FAUSTINA MINOR Assarion
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 29 € |
| Maximum bid : | 30 € |
| End of the sale : | 22 July 2013 15:24:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 161-175
Mint name / Town : Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,50 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 5,47 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan décalé. Usure régulière. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine jeune à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête (L).
Obverse legend : FAUSTEINA - [SEBASTH], (Fausteina Sebasth).
Obverse translation : (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Eusebeia (la Piété) debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche, un autel à ses pieds.
Reverse legend : ADRIANO - POLEITWN (Adrianopoleitwn).
Reverse translation : (D’Hadrianopolis).
Commentary
Notre pièce est trop lourde pour être un assarion (c. 4,50 g) et trop légère pour être une pièce de 2 assaria (9,00 g).
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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