v25_0455 - FAUSTA Centenionalis ou nummus
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 128.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 128.00 €
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 128.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 128.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 19e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine marron, légèrement granuleuse au revers
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 Fauste augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES REI-PVBLICAE// ASIS.
Reverse description : Spes (l'Espérance) ou Fausta debout à gauche, tenant deux enfants dans ses bras.
Reverse translation : “Spes Reipublicæ”, (L'Espérance du bien public).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié pour cette officine. Manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés.
Seems to be completely unpublished and not listed for this pharmacy. Missing from the main works consulted
Seems to be completely unpublished and not listed for this pharmacy. Missing from the main works consulted
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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