brm_297982 - FAUSTINA MAJOR Sesterce
450.00 €(Approx. 526.50$ | 391.50£)
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 141
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 22,28 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Droit à l’usure régulière et très beau revers dans un état de conservation rare pour le type. Patine vert foncé
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Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVA AVGVSTA - FAVSTINA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine Mère à droite, avec les cheveux relevés coiffés en chignon (L).
Obverse translation : “Diva Augusta Faustina”, (Divine Augusta Faustine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSE-CRATIO/ -|-// S|C.
Reverse description : Bûcher funéraire à quatre étages, ornementé et décoré de guirlandes ; au sommet, bige.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare. Il est frappé juste après la mort de l’Augusta, au moment de sa déification.
Lightweight. This type seems much rarer. It is struck just after the death of Augusta, at the time of his deification
Lightweight. This type seems much rarer. It is struck just after the death of Augusta, at the time of his deification
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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