| Fausta, Augusta 324 - 326 A.D., Second Wife of Constantine the Great |  |
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|   | Fausta is depicted as Spes, the Roman personification of hope. She holds her infant children, her hopeful promise for the future of the "Republic." |
| RL32704. Bronze AE 3, RIC VII 235; Bastien XIII, 193, Choice EF, a few flat spots, weight 3.180 g, maximum diameter 20.1 mm, die axis 0o, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 324 - 325 A.D.; obverse FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right hair waived, bun at back, wearing pearl necklace; reverse SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta as Spes standing facing, looking left, holding infants Constantine II and Constantius II, PLG in ex; full circles strike, unusual and unusual style; rare; SOLD |
|  | Fausta is depicted as Spes, the Roman personification of hope. She holds her infant children, her hopeful promise for the future of the "Republic." |
| RL12490. Bronze AE 3, RIC VII 97 var (officina A unlisted in RIC), Cohen 15, gem EF, weight 2.744 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 0o, Nicomedia mint, 324 - 325 A.D.; obverse FLAV MAX - FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right hair waived, bun at back, wearing pearl necklace; reverse SPES REIP-VBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, looking left, holding infants Constantine II and Constantius II, SMNA in ex; perfect centering, beautiful blue-green patina; variation of R4 type; SOLD |
|  | Fausta is depicted as Spes, the Roman personification of hope. She holds her infant children, her hopeful promise for the future of the "Republic." |
| RL29292. Bronze AE 3, RIC VII 483, LRBC 37, SRCV 3905 var, EF, weight 2.931 g, maximum diameter 18.6 mm, die axis 180o, Treveri (Trier) mint, 326 A.D.; obverse FLAV MAX - FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right, hair waived, bun at back, wearing pearl necklace; reverse SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, looking left, holding infants Constantine II and Constantius II, STR and dot over crescent in ex; ex CNG; SOLD |
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