brm_341379 - FAUSTA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 325-326
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine grise avec des reflets métalliques
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”, (Flavia Maxima Fausta augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES REIP-VBLICAE// SMKB..
Reverse description : Fausta debout à gauche, tenant deux enfants dans ses bras.
Reverse translation : “Spes Reipublicæ”, (L'Espérance de la République).
Commentary
Avec son argenture superficielle. Chevelure crantée (trois rangs) terminée par un petit chignon. Collier de perles.
With its superficial silver plating. Notched hair (three rows) finished with a small bun. Pearl necklace
With its superficial silver plating. Notched hair (three rows) finished with a small bun. 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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