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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Fausta| > RL87983
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|, Fausta is depicted as Spes, the Roman personification of hope. She holds her infant children, Constantine II and Constantius II, her hopeful promise for the future of the "Republic."
RL87983. Billon centenionalis, RIC VII Trier p. 209, 484; LRBC I 36; SRCV IV 16560; Cohen VII 17, VF, dark brown tone, reverse slightly off center, broad flan, 1st officina, Treveri (Trier, Germany) mint, weight 3.198g, maximum diameter 19.8mm, die axis 180o, 326 A.D.; obverse FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right, hair waved, bun at back, wearing pearl necklace; reverse SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, looking left, holding infants Constantine II and Constantius II, PTR followed by dot over crescent with horns up in exergue; ex Harlan Berk; SOLD










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