v26_0297 - DIVA FAUSTINA Sesterce (GB, Æ 29)

MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Sesterce (GB, Æ 29)

Date: 176

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 20,86 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan large et ovale. Usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron superficielle

Catalogue references :

C.162 (30f.) - RIC.1711 - BMC/RE.1556 - RCV.5232 (2000$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVAE FAV-STINAE PIAE.

Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de Faustine jeune à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête (L).

Obverse translation : “Divæ Faustinæ”, (À la divine Faustine pieuse).

Reverse

Reverse legend : MATRI CASTRORVM// S|C.

Reverse description : Faustine Jeune assise à gauche, tenant un globe surmonté d'un phœnix de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; devant elle, trois enseignes militaires.

Reverse translation : “Matri Castrorum”, (À la mère des camps).

Commentary

Poids léger.

Historical background

DIVA FAUSTINA

(+175)

Consecration of Marcus Aurelius

Young Faustina died in 175 in Halala at the foot of Mount Taurus, exhausted, aged around 45, after having given thirteen children to the Emperor. She is immediately deified. A coinage of consecration is minted to restore his memory. It is however less important than the one that his father, Antonin the Pious, had struck for his mother Faustina Mother or the Elder after 141.

DIVA FAUSTINA Denier AU/XF

195.00 €

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DIVA FAUSTINA Sesterce AU/XF

850.00 €

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DIVA FAUSTINA Sesterce VF

160.00 €

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DIVA FAUSTINA Denier AU/AU

200.00 €

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DIVA FAUSTINA Denier XF

v26_0297 - DIVA FAUSTINA Sesterce (GB, Æ 29)

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

DIVA FAUSTINA

(+175)

Consecration of Marcus Aurelius

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