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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3990967, member: 96898"]Thanks for posting the update on your research! That's indeed interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you know, I'm having a similar problem with another veiled Faustina middle bronze. Neither RIC nor any other catalogue I have consulted list my reverse with a veiled obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>My main question now is whether these veiled Faustinas with well–known reverses that usually come without a veiled bust should be considered very scarce issues of their own, or whether they constitute mules. The die match you found appears to be mild evidence for the latter. One could, for example, hypothesize that the mint had to "use up" precious obverse dies and thus paired them with reverses meant to come with a non-veiled obverse. Do you have an opinion or theory on this?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the coin I mentioned above:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1050773[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Faustina I (postumous), Roman Empire, As or Dupondius, 141 AD, Rome mint. Obv: DIVA FAVS[TINA], bust of Faustina, veiled, with stephane, r. Rev: [A]VGUST[A], Vesta standing l., holding palladium and torch; in fields flanking, SC. 27mm, 9.05g. Apparently unlisted variant; similar to RIC III Antoninus Pius 1178 (same reverse and legends; obverse without veiled bust).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3990967, member: 96898"]Thanks for posting the update on your research! That's indeed interesting. As you know, I'm having a similar problem with another veiled Faustina middle bronze. Neither RIC nor any other catalogue I have consulted list my reverse with a veiled obverse. My main question now is whether these veiled Faustinas with well–known reverses that usually come without a veiled bust should be considered very scarce issues of their own, or whether they constitute mules. The die match you found appears to be mild evidence for the latter. One could, for example, hypothesize that the mint had to "use up" precious obverse dies and thus paired them with reverses meant to come with a non-veiled obverse. Do you have an opinion or theory on this? Here is the coin I mentioned above: [ATTACH=full]1050773[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Faustina I (postumous), Roman Empire, As or Dupondius, 141 AD, Rome mint. Obv: DIVA FAVS[TINA], bust of Faustina, veiled, with stephane, r. Rev: [A]VGUST[A], Vesta standing l., holding palladium and torch; in fields flanking, SC. 27mm, 9.05g. Apparently unlisted variant; similar to RIC III Antoninus Pius 1178 (same reverse and legends; obverse without veiled bust).[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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