v24_0399 - FAUSTINA MINOR Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: 157-161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,45 g.
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Joli revers. Très jolie patine vert émeraude, légèrement piquée au droit et légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine jeune à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse translation : “Faustina Augusta”, (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AVGVSTI - PII FIL.
Reverse description : Spes (l’Espérance) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant sa robe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Augusti Pii Filia”, (Augusta fille du pieux).
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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