bpv_809064 - FAUSTINA MINOR Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 161-175
Mint name / Town : Gadara, Décapole
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de Zeus, bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé à droite de Faustine jeune vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse legend : FAUSTINA SEBASTH, (Faustina Sebasth).
Obverse translation : (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste drapé de Zeus à droite.
Reverse legend : GADAREWN EKS.
Reverse translation : (De Gadara).
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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