brm_729388 - FAUSTINA MAJOR Denier
100.00 €(Approx. 117.00$ | 87.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: c. 141
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan bien centré à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVA FAVSTINA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine mère à droite avec les cheveux relevés, coiffés en chignon (L).
Obverse translation : “Diva Faustina”, (Divine Faustine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Paon passant à droite, tournant la tête à droite.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Ce denier aurait été frappé à l’occasion du décès de Faustine. En général, les portraits sont plutôt voilés, cette année-là. En réalité, ce type pourrait avoir été frappé entre 141 et 145.
This money would have been minted on the occasion of Faustine's death. In general, the portraits are rather veiled this year. In reality, this guy could have been hit between 141 and 145
This money would have been minted on the occasion of Faustine's death. In general, the portraits are rather veiled this year. In reality, this guy could have been hit between 141 and 145
Historical background
FAUSTINA MAJOR
(+141)
Consecration of Antoninus Pius
Faustina mother, daughter of Rupilia Faustina, Hadrian's sister-in-law, married Antoninus Pius between 110 and 115 and had at least two children: Marcus Galerius Antonius, a boy who died in infancy and young Faustina who married Marcus Aurelius. Faustina mother receives the title of augusta in 139 and is therefore associated with coinage. She died in 141, aged about forty. Antonin immediately had her deified and struck an important coinage of consecration, establishing the "Puellæ Faustinianæ" for young orphans or poor. Antoninus will raise the Temple of Faustina in the region of the Temple of Peace (Regio IV).
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