brm_834752 - FAUSTINA MAJOR Denier
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Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 147
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVA FAV-STINA.
Obverse description : Buste voilé drapé de Faustine Mère à droite avec les cheveux relevés, coiffés en chignon (L9).
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
Le buste voilé pour Faustine mère est toujours plus rare et disparaît totalement après 147.
The veiled bust for Faustina mother is increasingly rare and disappears completely after 147
The veiled bust for Faustina mother is increasingly rare and disappears completely 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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