Thirty-seven coins of Faustina I and not one of them has a veiled bust ... until I added the thirty-eighth one, courtesy of @John Anthony. This middle bronze of Faustina Senior comes in three varieties: a bare-headed version with obverse legends DIVA FAVSTINA or DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, and a veiled version with the legend DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA. Post your coins with veiled busts! Faustina Senior, AD 138-141 Roman orichalcum dupondius, 12.07 g, 26.6 mm, 12 h Rome, AD 141 Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Providentia standing left, holding globe and scepter Refs: RIC 1163ab; BMCRE 1459; Cohen 38 var; RCV 4635.
There's something neat about that veiled look on Faustina busts, gee wiz thirty seven other hair styles, that has to make the veiled type scarcer. I only have a veiled Sestertius of her with the temple in the forum on reverse.
This is where the Romans picked up the fashion? Carian Islands. Kos 280-250 BC. AE12. Veiled female head right/crab with club below Sear Greek 5011 (350-300 BC). Hoover Islands Kos 1337. Rare.
another eastern veiled Goddess: Bronze AE 20, references: RPC I 4056, SNG Levante 1324, SNG PfPS 925, SNG Hunterian 2362; SNG BnF -, SNGvA -, BMC Lycaonia -, Lindgren -; condition: F, green patina, light marks and corrosion, mint: Mopsus (Yakapinar, Turkey), weight: 4.801g, maximum diameter: 19.5mm, die axis: 0o, date struck: time of Claudius, 50 - 51 A.D.; obverse turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right; reverse MOΨEATΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY, Apollo standing left, laurel branch in right hand, resting left elbow on tripod lebes behind, HIP (year 118) upper right; additional comments: from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; rare
Nice Faustina Sr @Roman Collector ... 38th??? Wow. I only have two veiled: RI Constantius I Chlorus 293-306 CE DIVO AE Quinarius Thesalonika 317-318 Seated RIC VII 25 R5 RARE RImp Julius Caesar Lifetime P Sepullius Macer AR Den Jan-Mar 44 BCE 4.03g. CAESAR – DICT PERPETVO Veiled - Venus Victory sceptre star Syd 1074a Sear Imperators 107e Cr 480-14 Rare
Some more veiled veiled Constantines: Lugdunum (Lyons) mint, A.D. 337-340 RIC 3 Obv: DIVO CONS-TANTINO P Rev: AETERNA PIETAS - Emperor in military dress holding globe and spear PLG in exergue; XP monogram in left field 15 mm, 1.6 g. Nicomedia mint, ca. A.D. 342 (Posthumous) RIC 45 Obv: DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG Rev: IVST - VEN MEM - Aequitas, draped, holding balance and scroll SMNΔ in exergue 15 mm, 1.2 g. Alexandria mint, A.D. 347-348 (Posthumous) RIC 35 Obv: DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG Rev: VN - MR - Emperor, vieled, standing right SMALΓ[dot] in exergue 17 x 15 mm, 1.3 g.
A couple more! Bare-headed version: Faustina Sr, AD 138-141. Roman AR denarius, 3.83 g, 18.2 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD 147-161 Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust, right. Rev: AETERNITAS, Fortuna standing left, holding globe and rudder. Refs: RIC 348a; BMCRE 360; Cohen 6; RCV 4577. Note: Overstruck on an earlier issue; an enthroned deity can be seen rotated 90 degrees clockwise on the reverse. Veiled version: Faustina Sr, AD 138-141. Roman AR denarius, 3.20 g, 18.5 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 147-161. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: AETERNITAS, Fortuna standing left, holding globe and rudder. Refs: RIC 348b; BMCRE 367; Cohen 7; RCV 4577 var. And I do not own a bare-headed version of this one: Faustina I, AD 138-141. Roman AR Denarius, 3.40 g, 16.7 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 147-161. Obv: DIVA-FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: Throne, ornamented and draped, against which rests transverse scepter pointing up right; before, peacock standing right. Refs: RIC 353b; BMCRE 387; Cohen 61; RCV 4579; CRE 140.
Well, here's a pair: Veiled, same as yours: Faustina I, AD 138-141. Roman AR Denarius, 3.40 g, 16.7 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 147-161. Obv: DIVA-FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: AETER - NITAS Throne, ornamented and draped, against which rests transverse scepter pointing up right; before, peacock standing right. Refs: RIC 353b; BMCRE 387; Cohen 61; RCV 4579; CRE 140. Non-veiled, but with hairpiece: Faustina I, AD 138-141. Roman AR Denarius, 3.40 g, 16.7 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 147-161. Obv: DIVA-FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: AETER - NITAS Throne, ornamented and draped, against which rests transverse scepter pointing up right; before, peacock standing right. Refs: RIC 353; BMCRE 384; Cohen 61; RCV ??; CRE 141. Another pair: CONSECRATIO veiled: CONSECRATIO non-veiled Additional AETERNITAS veiled: Juno standing facing front; raising right hand, holding staff in left. Fortuna with rudder and globe: Note the equatorial mark on the globe: Eight pointed star
Lovely coins! Some of them quite scarce, too, such as the Providentia with globe and scepter (the denarius equivalent of the dupondius in my OP) and the eight-pointed star reverse type.
