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| Estimate : | 6 000 € |
| Price : | 4 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 6 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2016 15:23:38 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Aureus
Date: c. 161-164
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan ovale parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Portrait de toute beauté et de très haut relief. Revers à l’usure superficielle mais de style fin. Infimes petites marques de manipulation dans le champ de chaque côté. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine jeune à droite avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête (L).
Obverse translation : “Faustina Augusta”, (Faustine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVTI AVGVSTAE.
Reverse description : Salus (la Santé) assise sur un siège à dossier, le bras gauche appuyé sur le dossier et tenant une patère de la main droite, nourrissant un serpent enroulé autour d'un autel.
Reverse translation : “Saluti Augustæ”, (À la Santé de l'augusta).
Commentary
Chevelure très élaborée terminée par un petit chignon.
Very elaborate hair finished with a small bun
Very elaborate hair finished with a small bun
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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