brm_1077998 - FAUSTINA MINOR As
30.00 €(Approx. 34.80$ | 26.40£)
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Type : As
Date: 161
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan centrée, usure importante mais régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine jeune à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse translation : “Faustina Augusta”, (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAECVLI FELICIT.
Reverse description : Trône sur lequel sont placés deux bébés, (Commode et Antonin).
Reverse translation : “Sæculi Felicitas”, (la Félicité du siècle).
Historical background
FAUSTINA MINOR
(+175)
Augusta
Young Faustina, the daughter of Antoninus and Faustina Mother, was born between 128 and 132. She married Marc Aurèle in 145 and received the title of augusta in 146. She had thirteen children, seven of whom survived childhood. A very important coinage is struck until his death in 175 in Halala at the foot of Mount Taurus in Cappadocia.
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