Fausta. Augusta, AD 324-326. Æ Follis (18.5mm, 3.11 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 318-319.

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Fausta. Augusta, AD 324-326. Æ Follis (18.5mm, 3.11 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 318-319. Draped bust right / Eight-rayed star within wreath. RIC VII 51; LRBC 824. Dark green patina, some smoothing, short flan crack. Good VF.

From the BLS Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 147 (7 March 2006), lot 2338 (hammer €240).

The coinage of Fausta as Augusta commenced with her elevation to full imperial status in AD 324. Preceding these issues, however, was a remarkable series struck circa AD 318 at the Thessalonica mint on which both Fausta and her mother-in-law, Helena, are accorded the lesser title of Nobilissima Femina (N F). Both ladies had borne this rank for a considerable time, Helena since Constantine's elevation to imperial status in AD 306, Fausta since her marriage to Constantine in March of the following year. The significance of this anepigraphic reverse remains uncertain, though it presumably contains some reference to divine providence and destiny.

Closing Date and Time: 9 September 2020 at 12:58:00 ET.

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