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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4642742, member: 75937&quot;]This one is probably of interest only to Antonine collectors and doesn&#039;t warrant its own thread, but I have a subcollection of Faustina I and II that I&#039;ve been working on for several years. I have a penchant for the veiled busts. This one is the middle bronze equivalent of the sestertius I have <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/with-a-veil-and-a-stephane.361590/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/with-a-veil-and-a-stephane.361590/">previously posted</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151511[/ATTACH]</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 &quot;candelabrum-altar,&quot; 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>

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