Shame on me for not having Fausta in my portrait series of rulers. Well, now i do! It took me a while to find a decent one. I find the 4th century bronze Roman coinage mostly very dull, so it's quite a hunt to find something that really rocks my world. Here she is: Fausta. Augusta, AD 324-326. Æ Follis (20mm). Cyzicus mint, 2nd officina. Struck AD 325-326. Bareheaded and mantled bust right / Fausta standing left, holding two children in her arms Fausta of course was wife to Constantine. Are there any other reverses besides the 'Fausta holding children'? What does everyone else have?
Wow! Congrats, beautiful coin... Nice capture! Man you are running the table on all the Empire Portraits! I am only up to 103 Emperors and 3 Empresses. Sorry, I have no Fausta.
Nice coin. Congrats. 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 pan>40 FAUSTA AE3 OBVERSE: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right REVERSE: SPES REIP-VBLICA, Fausta as Spes standing facing, looking left, holding two children in her arms, SMALA in ex. Struck at Alexandria 325-326 AD 1.4g, 18mm RIC VII 40
Awesome Faustas @Bing @Alegandron - i have around 140 rulers in the Roman series. Mostly all that's left for me to collect are expensive rarities, that I'm gradually working my way through. I do lack a couple of common ones - Theodora (her coins are mostly small and boring, so it takes a while to find a good one) and Drusus.
I have both of those, Theodora and Drusus. Nice work on the Rulers! I do not collect Empresses, so that is why I am so far behind. Maybe I will start collecting them and catch up to you. I am collecting them to eventually give my grandkids, so I am not going to pour the big bucks into the quality that you have! Great job on you collection!
Lovely desert patina. Very nice. Here's mine: Siscia, AD 324-26 2.92 gm, 19 mm Obv: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, r. Rev: SPES REIPVBLICAE, empress standing, facing, head l., holding two infants (Constantine II and Constantius II); •BSIS• in exergue. RIC-205; LRBC-730; Cohen-17; Sear-16570
Thanks man! I'm simultaneously collecting the English series of rulers too. I've started a Byzantine series, but I'm not into it as much - some of those portraits are a bit too cartoony.
It's not the highest grade example, but here's one with the SALVS REIPVBLICAE reverse, Treveri mint. STR(dot within crescent) in exergue. RIC-483; Sear-16545; Cohen-7
I think that one from Alexandria actually reads SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE. For this reason, I think it's Helena, not Fausta.
Nice Fausta @Greg Heinrich I do have one of hers and a Theodora too, but still searching a decent Drusus... 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 Q PS : BTW Greg are you sure yours is Cyzicus ? I see SMALB at exergue which would be that of Alexandria, 2nd officina rather. Or is it just me ?
There's really only one more Ae type for Fausta. This one is not great but they are kind of tough to find.
I feel the same on BYZ. I have the first few Rulers as they were the "hand-off" rulers for the Western demise. Otherwise, they just do not interest me... the History is not to my taste. Your English collecting is a fun idea... One of my Son-in-Laws is British, and that may be fun to build an English collection with my Grandson...
Nice example. I admit this one isn't posted like many others. 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 RIC 483 3.15g 19mm
Roman Collector had a keen eye and was kind enough to point out that the second coin I posted above as Fausta is actually Helena. Sorry for the mistake.
