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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 7312889, member: 84744&quot;]The baby Dioscuri stars are very cool, I&#039;ve never noticed that variation!&nbsp; And the Max Thrax portrait is exceptional.&nbsp; 5 star chin, for sure!&nbsp; By comparison he is a chinless wonder on my As of the type:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278311[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Note the typo on the reverse: AVGVSIT.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My only Faustina bronze is this provincial.&nbsp; Obviously the portrait is nothing to write home about, I bought it for the Apollo on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278312[/ATTACH] </p><p>Thrace: Plotinopolis.</p><p>Faustina II (138 - 180). 23mm (7.70g). Obv .: ΦΑΥΣΤΕΙΝΑ - ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust to the right. Back: ΠΛΩΤΕΙΝΟ-ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, naked Apollo in profile to the right, contrapposto pose; drapery over his shoulder, holding an olive branch in his right hand over a small round altar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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