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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 325-326
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Joli buste. Revers agréable, bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FLAV MAX - FAVSTA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Fausta à droite, les cheveux retenus par un petit chignon, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse translation : “Flavia Maxima Fausta Augusta”, (Flavie Maxima Fausta augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES REI-PVBLICAE/ -|-// PTR(CROISSANT POINTÉ).
Reverse description : Spes (l’Espérance) ou Fausta drapée, debout à gauche, tenant deux enfants dans ses bras.
Reverse translation : “Spes Reipublicæ”, (L’Espérance du bien public).
Historical background
FAUSTA
(+326)
Daughter of Maximianus Herculius, wife of Constantine I, mother of Constantine II, Constans and Constantius II - Augusta
Fausta, daughter of Maximien Hercule, married Constantine in 307 with whom she had five children, three boys, Constantine II, Constance and Constans, and two daughters, Constantina, who married successively Hanniballien and Constance Galle, and Hélène, who married Julien II . Involved in a sordid affair of adultery with her stepson Crispus, she was scalded in her bath on the orders of Constantine in 326.
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