v28_0228 - FAUSTINA MINOR Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: 156-161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 24,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier. Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers. Patine marron clair, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine Jeune à droite, avec les cheveux tirés en arrière, coiffés en chignon (L).
Obverse translation : "Faustina Augusta", (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FECVN-DITAS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Fecunditas (la Fécondité) debout à droite, tenant un enfant de la main gauche et un sceptre long de la main droite .
Reverse translation : "Fecunditas", (La Fécondité).
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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