v27_0550 - FAUSTINA MAJOR Denier
MONNAIES 27 (2006)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 327.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 330.00 €
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 327.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 330.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 141
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,90 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire au flan légèrement ovale. Beau portrait. Usure régulière du revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES V, 12 décembre 1998, n° 245
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVA - FAVSTINA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine mère à droite avec les cheveux relevés, coiffés en chignon (L).
Obverse translation : “Diva Faustina”, (Divine Faustine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECR-ATIO.
Reverse description : Paon passant à droite, tournant la tête à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce denier aurait été frappé à l’occasion du décès de Faustine. En général, les portraits sont plutôt voilés, cette année-là. En réalité, ce type pourrait avoir été frappé entre 141 et 145. D. Sear place l’émission de ce denier après 147.
Lightweight. This denarius is believed to have been struck on the occasion of Faustina's death. Portraits are generally rather veiled this year. In reality, this type could have been struck between 141 and 145. D. Sear places the issue of this denarius after 147.
Lightweight. This denarius is believed to have been struck on the occasion of Faustina's death. Portraits are generally rather veiled this year. In reality, this type could have been struck between 141 and 145. D. Sear places the issue of this denarius after 147.
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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