v21_2655 - FAUSTINA MINOR Denier

XF/VF

MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier

Date: c. 170

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 3,42 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers; A été légèrement nettoyé

Catalogue references :

C.172 (8f.) - RIC.706 (Marc Aurèle) - BMC/RE.134 (Marc Aurèle) - MIR.18/26 - RCV.5259 (200$) - MRK.38 /48 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA.

Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine jeune avec un petit chignon ramené derrière la tête, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).

Obverse translation : “Faustina Augusta”, (Faustine augusta).

Reverse

Reverse legend : MATRI - MAGNAE/ S|C.

Reverse description : Cybèle, tourélée et drapée, assise à gauche, tenant une branche de cyprès de la main droite, le coude appuyé sur un tambour à ses pieds, un lion.

Reverse translation : “Matri Magnæ”, (À la Grande mère, Cybèle).

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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v21_2655 - FAUSTINA MINOR Denier

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

FAUSTINA MINOR

(+175)

Augusta

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