brm_596138 - FAUSTA Centenionalis ou Nummus
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou Nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais bien centré. Beau buste de Fausta, bien venu à la frappe avec le petit chignon. Frappe molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FLAV MAX - FAVSTA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste de Fausta à droite, drapé, les cheveux retenus par un petit chignon, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVS REI-PVBLICAE/ -|-// SMTSA.
Reverse description : Salus ou Fausta debout à gauche, tenant deux enfants dans ses bras.
Commentary
Buste avec le petit chignon ramené derrière la tête. Collier de perles.
Bust with a small bun pulled back behind the head. Pearl necklace
Bust with a small bun pulled back behind the head. Pearl necklace
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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