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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 64 € |
| Maximum bid : | 82 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 July 2017 14:28:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Dupondius
Date: après 148
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Faustine à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVA - FAVSTINA.
Obverse description : Buste voilé de Faustine Mère à droite, avec les cheveux relevés coiffés en chignon (L).
Obverse translation : “Diva Faustina”, (Divine Faustine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A-VGV-STA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Cérès voilée, debout à gauche, tenant une longue torche de la main gauche et deux épis de blé de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Augusta”, (Augusta).
Commentary
Semble beaucoup plus rare avec le buste voilé ! C’est la première fois que nous présentons ce type à la vente.
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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