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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Fausta| > RL15817
Fausta, Augusta, 8 November 324 - Autumn 326 A.D., Second Wife of Constantine the Great
|Fausta|, |Fausta,| |Augusta,| |8| |November| |324| |-| |Autumn| |326| |A.D.,| |Second| |Wife| |of| |Constantine| |the| |Great|, In 326, Constantine ordered the execution of his son, Crispus Caesar. Constantine's second wife and Crispus' stepmother, Fausta, accused Crispus of attempting to seduce her. After learning Fausta lied to eliminate Crispus as a rival to her own sons, Constantine had Fausta suffocated in a hot bath.
RL15817. Billon centenionalis, RIC VII Constantinople p. 571, 12; LRBC I 976; SRCV IV 16551; Cohen VII 7, VF, full circle strike, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 2.971g, maximum diameter 19.0mm, die axis 315o, 326 A.D.; obverse FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right, hair waved, bun at back, wearing pearl necklace; reverse SALVS REIPVBLICAE (health of the Republic), Fausta standing facing, looking left, holding infants Constantine II and Constantius II, A left, CONS in exergue; SOLD











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