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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 5425921, member: 84744"]Two great coins! As you probably suspected, I'm especially fond of that Faustina II - such a wonderful obverse die. (I like the clothing details too.) </p><p><br /></p><p>I see what you're saying about the resemblance to portraits of Faustina I, but I think there's a development of FII's portrait style as A. Pi's reign progresses from a young woman with delicate features to more of a matronly style, which was continued under her husband. (Of course [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] is the real expert here.) Your coin looks to me to be a stellar example of the matronly style.</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up the following Faustina II up in December. Terrible photo from the seller, but I have hopes that it will turn out to be a nice version of the more delicate style (haven't received it yet):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235636[/ATTACH] </p><p>(These are otherwise hard to find at a reasonable cost, so I took a chance.) </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yup. Just received this coin today:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235632[/ATTACH] </p><p>I believe you may have had something to do with that. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (Not nearly as nice as yours but I found it pleasing nonetheless.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 5425921, member: 84744"]Two great coins! As you probably suspected, I'm especially fond of that Faustina II - such a wonderful obverse die. (I like the clothing details too.) I see what you're saying about the resemblance to portraits of Faustina I, but I think there's a development of FII's portrait style as A. Pi's reign progresses from a young woman with delicate features to more of a matronly style, which was continued under her husband. (Of course [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] is the real expert here.) Your coin looks to me to be a stellar example of the matronly style. I picked up the following Faustina II up in December. Terrible photo from the seller, but I have hopes that it will turn out to be a nice version of the more delicate style (haven't received it yet): [ATTACH=full]1235636[/ATTACH] (These are otherwise hard to find at a reasonable cost, so I took a chance.) Yup. Just received this coin today: [ATTACH=full]1235632[/ATTACH] I believe you may have had something to do with that. :D (Not nearly as nice as yours but I found it pleasing nonetheless.)[/QUOTE]
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