brm_1176534 - FAUSTINA MINOR As
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Type : As
Date: 154-156
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 13,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste de Faustine ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAVSTINAE AVG - PII [AVG FIL].
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine jeune avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse translation : "Faustinæ Augustæ Pii Augusti Filia", (À Faustina augusta fille du pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Diane drapée debout à gauche, tenant une flèche de la main droite et appuyée sur son arc de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Venus”, (Vénus).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle de Diane ou de Faustine Jeune sous les traits de la déesse. Chignon très élaboré. Beau portrait juvénile de l’impératrice.
Unusual depiction of a young Diana or Faustina as the goddess. Very elaborate chignon. Beautiful youthful portrait of the empress.
Unusual depiction of a young Diana or Faustina as the goddess. Very elaborate chignon. Beautiful youthful portrait of the empress.
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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