v21_2649 - FAUSTINA MINOR Moyen bronze, dupondius ou as, (MB, Æ 24)

FAUSTINA MINOR Moyen bronze, dupondius ou as, (MB, Æ 24) VF

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

Type : Moyen bronze, dupondius ou as, (MB, Æ 24)

Date: 161

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 10,26 g.

Coments on the condition:

Joli revers. patine marron. Usure régulière, mais exemplaire parfaitement identifiable

Catalogue references :

C.96 - RIC.1635 - BMC/RE.977 - MIR.18/10 Fa - RCV.5294 325$) - MRK.-

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 : FECVND - AVGVSTAE/ S|C.

Reverse description : Fecunditas (la Fécondité) debout à gauche, entre deux enfants, en tenant deux autres dans ses bras.

Reverse translation : "Fecunditas Augustæ", (la Fécondité de l’augusta).

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.

FAUSTINA MINOR Dupondius XF

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FAUSTINA MINOR Sesterce XF/VF

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FAUSTINA MINOR Diassaria XF

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FAUSTINA MINOR Sesterce VF/VF

100.00 €

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FAUSTINA MINOR Sesterce VF

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FAUSTINA MINOR Tetrassaria XF

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v21_2649 - FAUSTINA MINOR Moyen bronze, dupondius ou as, (MB, Æ 24)

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

FAUSTINA MINOR

(+175)

Augusta

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