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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer:
FAUSTA
, wife of Constantine I, AD 307-337. AE3.
Obverse:
FLAV. MAX. FAVSTA AVG., Her draped bust right.
Reverse:
SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, holding Constantine II and Constantius II in her arms. In exergue: SMNA.
Reference:
RIC VII 97 Nicomedia mint. Grade: EF.
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Fausta
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Fausta see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.