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E-auction 670-702954 - brm_1102729 - FAUSTA Centenionalis ou nummus

FAUSTA Centenionalis ou nummus XF/VF
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Estimate : 45 €
Price : 27 €
Maximum bid : 42 €
End of the sale : 16 February 2026 14:31:20
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 326
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et centré. Des concrétions importantes au revers. Patine vert foncé
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// .ASIS..
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


Poids léger. Collier de perles autour du cou. Chevelure crantée terminée par un petit chignon ramené en arrière et tenus par un minuscule bandeau.
Lightweight. Pearl necklace around the neck. Wavy hair finished with a small bun pulled back and held in place by a tiny headband.

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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