Fausta, Wife of Constantine: A Father's Day Gift

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  1. Aethelred

    Aethelred The Old Dead King

    My sweet lil wifey got me this coin for Father's Day. It is a 19mm bronze of Fausta, the wife of Constantine who he had lightly killed a couple of years after this coin was minted.

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    RL84214. Billon centenionalis, RIC VII Ticinum p. 387, 203; LRBC I 488; SRCV VII 16565; Cohen VII 17, Choice VF, attractive chocolate surfaces, very light marks and porosity, 2nd officina, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, weight 2.918g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 326 A.D.; obverse FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right with hair waved, bun at back, wearing pearl necklace; reverse SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, looking left, holding infants Constantine II and Constantius II, S crescent T in exergue; rare; SOLD
     
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  3. ancientcoinguru

    ancientcoinguru Well-Known Member

    Very nice coin, what a great Father's Day gift!
     
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  4. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Nice one, that was sweet of her.

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    Fausta (324-326 A.D)
    AE3
    O: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG Mantled bust right. Bare headed; waved hair drawn into a bun at the back.
    R: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE Fausta standing facing, head left, holding Constantine II and Constantius II as babies.
    STR dot-in-crescent
    Trier
    3.15g
    19mm
    RIC 483
     
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  5. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Nice! Great Father's Day! Looks like you have a LOT of ground to make up on her birthday, anniversary, Xmas, Mother's Day, and gifting to her in general!
     
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  6. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Quite the "Faustian bargain"! ;)

    It certainly makes the one from my old collection look rather woebegone by comparison.

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    Though memory dims a bit after nine years, I believe I sold that piece to @Stork. I think you can trick - er - um - convince - ol' Cathy into buying just about anything if it has a mother-and-child motif on it.! LOL :p
     
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  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    So am I to understand she was just killed a little bit?
     
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  8. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    And was Fausta "cleansed in finest quality spring water" before being "lightly killed"?

    One certainly hopes so. I mean, familicide must be done with a bit of ceremony. If you're gonna bump 'em off your loved ones, you have to do it properly.

     
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  9. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    attractive coin athelred! that's a sweet father's day present.

    i got this from my wife for fathers day...
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    i think i already broke it.
     
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  10. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Nice gift @Aethelred
    I ain't got nothing from my wife on father's day....but I'm not her father, so there's no problem :D

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    Fausta, AE3 Trier mint
    FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right
    SPES REIP VBLICAE, Fausta standing, holding Constantinus II and Constantius II in her arms,PTR crescent at exergue
    3.0 gr
    Ref : LRBC # 36, Cohen # 15v

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  11. Smojo

    Smojo dreamliner

    Thats a fantastic example, nice OP.
     
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  12. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Great coin @Aethelred! My Fausta is pretty shabby so I am not going to show it.
     
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  13. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Nice Father's Day gift. I got phone calls.
     
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  14. jamesicus

    jamesicus Well-Known Member

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    FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG
    Fausta portrait

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    SALVS REIPVBLICAE
    Fausta holding children (Constantine II & Constantius II ?)

    Trier mint, 324-325, reduced weight follis

    Killingholme Hoard, Cumbria, Northern England
     
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  15. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Fausta 2.jpg
    FAUSTA
    AE3
    OBVERSE: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right
    REVERSE: SPES REIP-VBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, head left, holding two infants in arms; SMKA•
    Struck at Cyzicus 325-326 AD
    2.8g, 20mm
    RIC VII 40
     
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  16. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Wow, @Cucumbor - that is an exceptional example!

    I like the smiling, childlike portrait on the one @jamesicus posted, as well.

    The wavy hairdo of this period is really something.
     
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  17. gogili1977

    gogili1977 Well-Known Member

    Fausta and Theodora
    141-01A-Fausta.jpg 141-01B.jpg
    140-01A-Theodora.jpg 140-01B.jpg
     
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  18. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    A very nice gift
     
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  19. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    if i did that, i wouldn't show 1/3 of my coins. unless one can't tell at all what it is, don't be ashamed to show it. that's a nice one of the wicked stepmama @Aetheired. i've got of mine, but she's disappeared on the table somewhere and i still must do a "Fausta seek" one of these days:rolleyes: fausta bronze 001.JPG fausta bronze 005.JPG
     
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  20. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Does that thing have a camera in it?

    I'd love to soar out above the St Simons Island lighthouse and pier, shooting sweet aerial video, but knowing my RC piloting skills, I'd probably drop my drone into the drink. (Oh, hey- cool accidental alliteration in that last sentence.)

    I was never any good at most video games involving a joystick.
     
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  21. jamesicus

    jamesicus Well-Known Member

    I agree with you lordmarcovan -- Cucumbor's coin is exceptional.

    I really admire the way aristocratic ladies of the period fixed their hair, often employing elaborate knots -- and combs -- to great effect. I particularly like the hairdo of Helena:

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    ......... from the same Killingholme Hoard as the Fausta coin.
     
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