brm_1160504 - FAUSTA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 324
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie frappée sur flan large et centré. Patine marron
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*2).
Obverse translation : “Flavia Maxima Fausta Augusta”, (Flavie Maxima Fausta augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVS REI-PVBLICAE/ -|-// PLG.
Reverse description : Salus ou Fausta voilée et drapée, debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant deux enfants dans ses bras.
Reverse translation : “Salus Reipublicæ”, (La Santé du bien public).
Commentary
C’est la seule représentation de Fausta pour l’atelier de Lyon. Au droit, légende en partie ponctuée.
This is the only representation of Fausta for the Lyon workshop. On the obverse, a partly punctuated legend
This is the only representation of Fausta for the Lyon workshop. On the obverse, a partly punctuated legend
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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