2 Solidi - Fausta SPES REIPVBLICAE; Nicomedia
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 324-325 |
| Value | 2 Solidi |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 8.72 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 388931 |
| References | RIC VII# 69A Patrick Magnus Bruun; 1966. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 7. Constantine I – Licinius (AD 313–337). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.7.nic.69AOnline Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Fausta, waved hair, mantled, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: FLAV MAX - FAVSTA AVG
Unabridged legend: FLAVIA MAXIMA FAVSTA AVGVSTA
Translation: The empress Flavia Maxima Fausta
Reverse
Fausta, veiled, draped, standing front, head left, holding two children in her arms.
Script: Latin
Lettering: SPES REI - PVBLICAE
Unabridged legend: SPES REIPVBLICAE
Translation: The hope of the Republic.
Mint
| SMN | Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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