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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8124456, member: 110350&quot;]Thanks again. Whether the bust was intended to represent Faustina II herself or some patrician lady imitating her hairstyle at a particular time, I wonder if the sculptor of the mold -- whether he was sitting in Tunisia, or the bust was made in Rome and exported to Africa -- used coins as his&nbsp; model. That would seem more likely to me than the idea that the &quot;palace&quot; issued updated marble busts for public display every time the Empress updated her hairstyle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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