Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 4827

Price realized: 70 CHF   (Approx. 80 USD / 74 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Fausta, Augusta, 324-326. Follis (Bronze, 19 mm, 2.90 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 326. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG Draped bust of Fausta to right. Rev. SALVS REI PVBLICAE / CONS Fausta (or Salus), veiled, standing front, head to left, holding two children in her arms; in field to left, A. RIC 12. Minor smoothing, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of Dr. L. Ramskold, formed since 1969.

As a rule, in every mint, coins for Helena and Fausta were struck in equal number. Today, however, coins of Fausta from Constantinople are rarer than those of Helena. Ramskold (Aborted production [2020b]) postulated that coins for Fausta were withdrawn from circulation after her death as part of her subsequent damnatio memoriae.

Starting price: 50 CHF