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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7786536, member: 75937"]Cool! I think I see a candelabrum style altar, such as on this dupondius in my collection, also with a veiled bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336448[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 10.26 g, 27.4 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140-41.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVS-TA FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVG S C, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense out of right hand over lighted "candelabrum-altar," left, and holding box in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1192Ab_dupondius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1192Ab_dupondius" rel="nofollow">1192Ab</a>; BMCRE <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12541" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12541" rel="nofollow">1472</a>; Cohen 241; Strack 1241; RCV --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7786536, member: 75937"]Cool! I think I see a candelabrum style altar, such as on this dupondius in my collection, also with a veiled bust. [ATTACH=full]1336448[/ATTACH] Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 10.26 g, 27.4 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 140-41. Obv: DIVA AVGVS-TA FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: PIETAS AVG S C, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense out of right hand over lighted "candelabrum-altar," left, and holding box in left hand. Refs: RIC [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1192Ab_dupondius']1192Ab[/URL]; BMCRE [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12541']1472[/URL]; Cohen 241; Strack 1241; RCV --.[/QUOTE]
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