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One Of The Wife Coins, In This Case A Piece Dedicated To Empress Fausta Augusta, She Was The Daughter Of Maximian And Wife Of Emperor Constantine The Great, Who Had Her Executed And Excluded From All Official Accounts For Unknown Reasons. Historians Zosimus And Zonaras Reported That She Was Executed For Adultery With Her Stepson, Crispus. Here For Auction A Bronze Coinage Form The Ancient Roman Empire Under Constantine I 325 To 326 AD. Standard Circulation Coin, Nummus Follis, Currency Solidus After The Reform Of Constantine, Round Shape But Irregular, Hammered. Obverse, Bust Of Fausta, Waved Hair Combed, Mantled, Facing Right. Script In Latin With Lettering, Flav Max Fausta Avg. Reverse With Fausta Veiled, Draped Standing Front, Head To The Left, Holding Two Children In Her Arms. Script In Latin With Lettering Spes Reipublicae, SMKA. Mint Place Cyzicus, Modern Kapidag Turkey. Numismatics And Collectibles.
Provenance: Private Collector NYC, Purchase At Palmyra heritage Auctions, Manhattan.
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Condition: Antique. Refer to photos and description. Sold as pictured.
Empress Fausta, Spes Reipublicae, Roman Nummus Bronze Coin, Cyzicus Mint, 4th Century AD, Numismatics And Historical Collectibles
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