brm_1043137 - FAUSTINA MAJOR Dupondius
70.00 €(Approx. 81.90$ | 60.90£)
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Type : Dupondius
Date: après
Date: c. 147
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine vert foncé
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 : S|C.
Reverse description : Vesta voilée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant une longue torche allumée de la main droite et le Palladium de la main gauche.
Commentary
Ce bronze est souvent mal décrit dans les ouvrages de référence. Représentation très particulière du palladium. Ce type sans légende de revers semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence.
This bronze is often poorly described in reference works. A very unusual representation of palladium. This type without a reverse legend seems much rarer than reference works suggest.
This bronze is often poorly described in reference works. A very unusual representation of palladium. This type without a reverse legend seems much rarer than reference works suggest.
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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