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ID:
PC1058
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Fausta
Date Ruled:
AD 307-326
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
AE 3
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 326
Diameter:
19 mm
Weight:
3.69 g
Obverse Legend:
FLAV MAX_FAVSTA AVG
Obverse Description:
Mantled and bareheaded bust right with waved hair
Reverse Legend:
SALVS REI_PBVLICAE
Reverse Description:
Empress (as Salus) standing facing, looking left, head veiled, and holding two children in her arms.
Exergue:
CONS
Mint Mark:
CONS/ A in left field
Mint:
Constantinople
Primary Reference:
RIC VII 012
Reference2:
LRBC I, 0976
Reference3:
SRCV 3903
Reference4:
VM 005
Photograph Credit:
Tom Mullally
Notes:
The coins of Fausta and Crispus from the mint of Constantinople are rare, since both were killed in late A.D. 326 , shortly after the mint began operation.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
