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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3203713, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s lovely! As a general rule, portraits of Faustina I with a veiled bust are more rare than their corresponding bare-headed versions. I have long kept a specialty collection of Faustina I coins and I have only one middle bronze with a veiled bust, this dupondius with Providentia on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829719[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina Senior, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 12.07 g, 26.6 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 141.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Providentia standing left, holding globe and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1163ab; BMCRE 1459; Cohen 38 var; RCV 4635.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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