+ Filters
New Search
Filters
Available Exact wording Only in the title
E-shopLoading...
GradeLoading...
PriceLoading...

brm_945940 - FAUSTINA MAJOR Denier

FAUSTINA MAJOR Denier AU/XF
200.00 €(Approx. 212.00$ | 166.00£)
Quantity
Add to your cartAdd to your cart
Type : Denier
Date: c. 141
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : DIVA FAVSTINA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine mère à droite avec les cheveux relevés, coiffés en chignon (L).
Obverse translation : “Diva Faustina”, (Divine Faustine).

Reverse


Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Paon passant à droite, tournant la tête à droite.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).

Commentary


Ce denier aurait été frappé à l’occasion du décès de Faustine. En général, les portraits sont plutôt voilés, cette année-là. En réalité, ce type pourrait avoir été frappé entre 141 et 145.

Historical background


FAUSTINA MAJOR

(+141)

Consecration of Antoninus Pius

Faustina mother, daughter of Rupilia Faustina, Hadrian's sister-in-law, married Antoninus Pius between 110 and 115 and had at least two children: Marcus Galerius Antonius, a boy who died in infancy and young Faustina who married Marcus Aurelius. Faustina mother receives the title of augusta in 139 and is therefore associated with coinage. She died in 141, aged about forty. Antonin immediately had her deified and struck an important coinage of consecration, establishing the "Puellæ Faustinianæ" for young orphans or poor. Antoninus will raise the Temple of Faustina in the region of the Temple of Peace (Regio IV).

cgbfr.com numismatists

NGC - CGB NumismaticsPMG - CGB NumismaticsPMG - CGB NumismaticsPMG - CGB NumismaticsPMG - CGB Numismatics

cgb.fr uses cookies to guarantee a better user experience and to carry out statistics of visits.
To remove the banner, you must accept or refuse their use by clicking on the corresponding buttons.

x
Voulez-vous visiter notre site en Français https://www.cgb.fr