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Rome, 26.1.2025
Dear,
here are the significant elements concerning the
figure coin:
Denarius1,
Rome, dopo il 141 d. C.2, RIC III
358 (page 71), Cohen II 93 (page 420),
BMC IV
389 (page 57),
rarity index "C"
Summary description:
D. DIVA FAV-STINA2.
Diva Faustina, bust right, cloaked, wavy hair
gathered on top of head.
R. AVGV-STA3.
Ceres, veiled, cloaked, standing left, holding a
sceptre with her right hand and two ears of corn
with her left.
A web search for coins of the figure type produced
the following results
- https://www.cgbfr.com/faustine-mere-denier-ttb,brm_946683,a.html
XF 75.00€ (Approx. 78.75$ | 63.00£) Type: Denier
Date: c. après 148 Mint name / Town: Roma Metal:
silver Millesimal fineness: 850‰ Diameter: 18mm
Orientation dies: 6h. Weight: 3,11g. Coments on
the condition: Monnaie centrée. Usure régulière.
Joli buste de Faustine. Patine grise Catalogue
references: C.93 (2f.) - RIC.358 - BMC/RE.389 -
RSC.93 - RCV.4581 (150$) 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 legend:
AVGV-STA. Reverse description: Faustine sous les
traits de Cérès, voilée et drapée, debout à
droite, tenant deux épis de la main droite et un
sceptre long de la main gauche. Reverse
translation: “Augusta”, (L’Augusta). 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).
- https://www.biddr.com/auctions/solidus-numismatik/browse?a=2505&l
Faustina I. (gest. 141 n. Chr.). Diva Faustina I.
Denar (Silber). Descrizione Faustina I. Diva
Faustina I. Denar (Silber). Nach 141 n. Chr. Rom.
Vs: DIVA FAVSTINA. Drapierte Büste rechts. Rs:
AVGVSTA. Ceres mit Szepter und Ähren nach rechts
stehend. 18mm. 3,01g. RIC 358; C. 93. Sehr schön.
Risultaton --. Prezzo iniziale 45 EUR.
- numiscorner
Munten, Faustina I, Denarius Rome - UNC - Zilver -
RIC:358 €400 Kwaliteit UNC Verkocht Helaas is dit
verzamelobject niet meer verkrijgbaar. Niets is
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Een zoekopdracht aanvragen Gedetailleerde
beschrijving 3.15gr. Nominale waarde: Denarius
Jaar: Not Applicable Atelier: Rome Metaal: Zilver
Diameter: 19.
- https://onebid.it/it/coins-diva-faustina-died-140-141-ar-denarius-rome/1563048
Aukcja 6 gavel Data 28 Gennaio 2023 date_range
Prezzo base 10 EUR Stime 30 EUR. Descrizione del
lotto Stime: 30 EUR Diva Faustina (morta nel
140/141) denario AR, Roma Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA,
busto drappeggiato di Faustina a destra. Rev:
AVGVSTA, Cerere, velata, in piedi di fronte, testa
a destra, con scettro e spighe di grano. Rif. RIC
358. Anno: dopo il 141. Diametro: 17mm. Peso:
3,26g. Materiale: Argento.
- https://auktionen.solidus-numismatik.de/de-de/auctions/lots/56148
Auktion 105 Beendet Antike, Mittelalter, Neuzeit
und Medaillen. Römische Kaiserzeit Faustina I.
(gest. 141 n. Chr.) Los 464 Nächstes Vorheriges
Bieten Schätzpreis 45€ Zuschlag 55€ Dieses Los
steht nicht mehr zum Verkauf. Beschreibung
Faustina I. (gest. 141 n. Chr.). Diva Faustina I.
Denar (Silber). Nach 141 n. Chr. Rom. Vs: DIVA
FAVSTINA. Drapierte Büste rechts. Rs: AVGVSTA.
Ceres mit Szepter und Ähren nach rechts stehend.
18mm. 2,70g. RIC 358; C. 93. Dunkle Patina, fast
vorzüglich.
- vcoins
€110.00 Wechselkurs: 01/26/25 Diva Faustina I.
Died A.D. 140/1. AR denarius. 18.7mm - 3.07g, 5h.
Rome mint, struck A.D. 141-146. O.\ DIVA FAVSTINA,
diademed and draped bust right. R:\ AVGVSTA, Ceres
standing right, holding scepter and grain ears.
RIC 358 (A. Pius); BMCRE 389 (A. Pius); RSC 93.
XF.
- https://curator.org/item/253d9920e10e3bf35cfee95d65ee909e
FAUSTINA MOTHER (+141) Annia Galeria Faustina
Consécration d'Antonin le Pieux Denier Date: c.
après 148 Mint name: Rome Metal: silver Diameter:
17mm Orientation dies: 6h. Weight: 3,18g.
Condition: VF Starting price: 145? Estimate: 250?
Condition: Exemplaire sur un petit flan
irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau
portrait. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine
de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés.
Catalogue references: C.93 (2f.) - RIC.358 -
BMC/RE.389 - RSC.93 - RCV.4581 (150$) Obverse
legend: DIVA FAV-STINA. Obverse description: Buste
drapé de Faustine mère à droite, avec les cheveux
relevés, coiffés en chignon (L). Obverse
translation: ?Diva Faustina?, (Divine Faustine).
Reverse legend: AVGV-ST-A. Reverse description:
Cérès ou Æternitas (l?Éternité) voilée et drapée
debout à droite, tenant un sceptre long de la main
droite et deux épis de la main gauche. Reverse
translation: ?Augusta?, (L?Augusta). Additional
information: Chevelure très élaborée.
- https://ibercoin.bidinside.com/it/lot/16366/faustina-i-denario-ar-336g-17mm-141-/
Base d'asta: 45,00 EUR Descrizione FAUSTINA I.
Denario. (Ar. 3,36g/17mm). 141 d.C. Roma. Anv:
DIVA FAVSTINA. Busto drapeado con pelo recogido a
derecha de Faustina I. Rev: AVGVSTA. Ceres con
velo portando cetro y espigas. (RIC 358). MBC+.
I conclude by noting that the general and stylistic
characteristics of the sample under examination appear
comparable with those of period coins of the same
type. Physical characteristics are lacking and a
comparative examination with authentic coins of the
period is not possible. In its present state of
preservation, the coin, if authentic, has, in my
opinion, a market value of no more than EUR 10.
Best regards.
Giulio De Florio
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Notes:
(1) Denarius
(silver 850‰). I collect in a table the physical
characteristics of the denarii of Faustina I found on the
web:
| References |
Weight(g) |
Die
axis (H) |
Diameter(mm) |
| Link1 |
3,11 |
6 |
18 |
| Link2 |
3,01 |
- |
18 |
| Link3 |
3,15 |
- |
19 |
| Link4 |
3,26 |
- |
17 |
| Link5 |
2,70 |
- |
18 |
| Link6 |
3,07 |
6 |
17 |
| Link7 |
3,18 |
- |
17 |
| Link8 |
3,36 |
- |
17 |
In the absence of the physical characteristics of
the sample mentioned above, it will not be possible
to carry out a comparative examination with
authentic coins of the period.
(2) DIVA FAV-STINA. The coin
offers no elements for dating, one can only say that
it was minted post-mortem of Faustina, thus after
141, when the Roman Senate decreed her apotheosis.
Stevenson reports (see link) that Anna Galeria
Faustina, who went down in history as Faustina
Maggiore (or Faustina Madre), was born in Rome in
105 AD, during the reign of Trajan. She was the
daughter of Annio Vero, a man of consular rank,
prefect of Rome and paternal grandfather of Marcus
Aurelius (see family tree by clicking here). Having
married Antoninus Pius before his accession, she
received the title of Augusta from the Senate
shortly after Hadrian's death, when Antoninus was
given the title of Pius. She died in the third year
of her husband's reign (AD 141), at the age of 36.
Antoninus Pius showed great devotion to his deceased
wife, venerating her memory. This is evidenced by
the vast commemorative coinage in her name, which
can be explained, however, not only by affection for
her passing, but also by the political design to
reinforce in the minds of contemporaries the idea of
the eternity of the Empire through the persons of
the Augusti and Auguste, reigning while alive and
deified when dead. Faustina had two sons and two
daughters, the most famous of which was Faustina
Minor who went on to marry Marcus Aurelius, her
first cousin. Several portraits are preserved of
Faustina the mother, with her typical hairstyle
(high bun of plaits on the top of her head). Her
memory was entrusted to the beneficial institution
of the puellae Faustinianae, desired by Antoninus
for orphan girls, and to the large temple still
standing on the Via Sacra (v.
link).
(3) AVGV-STA. The character
depicted on the reverse of the coin is the goddess
Ceres, recognisable by the ears of wheat.
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