v27_0688 - FAUSTINA MINOR Dupondius, (MB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 27 (2006)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Dupondius, (MB, Æ 26)
Date: c. 170-175
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,60 g.
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan court mais très épais ! Joli portrait, revers un peu mou, notamment sur la légende, mais parfaitement centré. Patine vert foncé émaillée de taches marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Faustine jeune à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête (L).
Obverse translation : “Faustina Augusta”, (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DIANA - LVCIFERA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Diane debout à droite, tenant des deux mains une torche allumée.
Reverse translation : “Diana Lucifera”, (Diane qui apporte la lumière).
Commentary
Poids très lourd.
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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