E-auction 433-345067 - brm_674292 - FAUSTA Centenionalis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 30 € |
| Price : | 10 € |
| Maximum bid : | 15 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 August 2021 14:41:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée, avec un joli buste de Fausta. Patine sombre
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 REIP-VBLICAE/ -|-// .SMANTH.
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).
Commentary
Collier de perles autour du cou. Chevelure crantée terminée par un petit chignon ramené en arrière et tenue par un minuscule bandeau. Émission particulière pour la première officine, réservée à Fausta avec un point dans le champ à droite et un autre à l’exergue devant la marque d’atelier.
Pearl necklace around the neck. Notched hair finished with a small bun pulled back and held by a tiny headband. Special issue for the first workshop, reserved for Fausta with a dot in the right field and another in the exergue in front of the mint mark
Pearl necklace around the neck. Notched hair finished with a small bun pulled back and held by a tiny headband. Special issue for the first workshop, reserved for Fausta with a dot in the right field and another in the exergue in front of the mint mark
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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