Fausta, Augusta, 324-326. Follis (Bronze, 19 mm, 3.35 g, 5 h), Antioch, A = 1st officina, 327-328. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG Bare-headed and draped bust of Fausta to right. Rev. SALVS REIPVBLICAE / ·SMANTA Fausta standing left, holding two children in her arms. Cf. RIC 76. Not listed in RIC. Minor roughness, otherwise, good very fine.
From the Berliner collection, formed between 1970s and early 2000s.
While there is an example in RIC (no. 76) with the pellet above the mint mark, dated to 326-327, there are no examples of Fausta folles recorded with the pellet before the mint mark, as here. RIC dates the coins with pellet before the mint mark to 327-328.