brm_404926 - FAUSTINA MAJOR As
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : As
Date: 142
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et épais. Usure régulière. Revers inhabituel. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVA AVGVS-TAE FAVSTINA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine mère à droite (L).
Obverse translation : “Diva Augustæ Faustina”, (La divine augusta Faustine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Croissant de lune et sept étoiles.
Commentary
Poids lourd. Ce type est décrit dans les ouvrages de référence comme un moyen bronze, dupondius ou as (RIC. 1199 ou RCV. 4658). Le buste peut être normal ou voilé. Seul P. V. Hill ne retient que l’as pour cette émission (H.1/ 423) lié à la déification de Faustine mère décédée l’année précédente et au début de la construction du temple de Faustine.
Heavyweight. This type is described in reference works as a medium bronze, dupondius or as (RIC. 1199 or RCV. 4658). The bust can be normal or veiled. Only PV Hill retains only the as for this issue (H.1/ 423) linked to the deification of Faustina mother who died the previous year and to the beginning of the construction of the temple of Faustina
Heavyweight. This type is described in reference works as a medium bronze, dupondius or as (RIC. 1199 or RCV. 4658). The bust can be normal or veiled. Only PV Hill retains only the as for this issue (H.1/ 423) linked to the deification of Faustina mother who died the previous year and to the beginning of the construction of the temple of Faustina
Historical background
FAUSTINA MAJOR
(+141)
Consecration of Antoninus Pius
Faustina mother, daughter of Rupilia Faustina, Hadrian's sister-in-law, married Antoninus Pius between 110 and 115 and had at least two children: Marcus Galerius Antonius, a boy who died in infancy and young Faustina who married Marcus Aurelius. Faustina mother receives the title of augusta in 139 and is therefore associated with coinage. She died in 141, aged about forty. Antonin immediately had her deified and struck an important coinage of consecration, establishing the "Puellæ Faustinianæ" for young orphans or poor. Antoninus will raise the Temple of Faustina in the region of the Temple of Peace (Regio IV).
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