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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3627168, member: 75937&quot;]Update!</p><p><br /></p><p>I was reading the catalog of Wiczay&#039;s collection published in 1814 and he apparently had a copy of the OP coin in his collection!</p><p><br /></p><p>One important note about this catalogue: it uses heraldic directions rather than the traditional numismatic ones, so when e.g. he says &quot;portrait left&quot; he really means &quot;portrait right&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]972776[/ATTACH] </p><p>The description of #2131 would read in English (and with modern numismatic conventions), &quot;IVLIA PAVLA AVG, her bust right; VESTA, goddess standing left -- see table II no. 25&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s table II, no. 25:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]972775[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s obvious to anyone reading the catalog that all of the illustrations are not of actual coins, but of design types, and the portraits are not reflective of ancient Roman style.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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