bpv_521150 - FAUSTINA MINOR Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: 150-151
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure très importante, notamment au droit. Patine marron
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection ENP
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Faustine jeune à droite (L).
Obverse legend : FAUSTNA SEB SEB EUSEB QUG
Obverse translation : (Faustina Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Sphinx assis à droite, la patte avant gauche sur une roue.
Reverse legend : ID
Reverse translation : (An 14).
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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