A faucet including: a body having an axis channel; a spherical rotating closure mounted pivotable in the body, between a closed position and an open position, the closure including a through orifice allowing the passage of a fluid from an upstream pipe to a downstream pipe, in open position; an upstream seat having a central passage, mounted in the channel of the body upstream of the closure so as to be mobile in translation along the axis and urged towards the closure by elastic means; a protuberance provided in the upstream seat projecting towards the closure, and a recess provided on the closure, to co-operate with the protuberance in closed position of the closure; and means for equalizing the pressure between upstream and downstream of the upstream seat, prior to the faucet being opened.