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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4569452, member: 75937&quot;]The SC is in the exergue. The placement of S C varies from die to die and does not affect the value of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder about tooling on the obverse portrait to accentuate the details of the empress&#039;s hair. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my example of that coin, a dupondius with a veiled bust type:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-consecratio-vesta-dupondius-veiled-bust-jpg.1019105/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138--140/41.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 11.73 g, 25 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 150/51.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAV-STINA, veiled and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over altar left and holding long lighted torch, vertical, in left.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1187 B; BMCRE 1594; Cohen 164; RCV 4652 var.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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