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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 3999382, member: 80804&quot;]Here are a few - nothing too special, but the first two illustrate how the style could vary within the same type.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://old.stoa.org/albums/album93/ML22_Faustina_I_Aeterntas_as.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina Senior, †, 141 AD.</p><p>Wife of Antoninus Pius (138-141 AD.)</p><p>Posthumous Orichalcum Æ Dupondius,</p><p>27mm, 11.62g, 5h.</p><p>Mint of Rome, 141 AD.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA veiled and draped bust right.</p><p>Rx: AETERNITAS S - C&nbsp; Providentia standing left holding globe and scepter.</p><p><i>RIC III 1163a (A. Pius); C 29; SRCV 4635; VM 110</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://old.stoa.org/albums/album93/G_02_FaustinaI_As_AET_Prov.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p>Faustina Senior, †, 141 AD.</p><p>Wife of Antoninus Pius (138-141 AD.)</p><p>Æ As, 27mm, 8.85g, 6h.</p><p>Mint of Rome, 141 AD.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA. Veiled and draped bust right.</p><p>Rx: AETERNITAS S - C. Providentia standing left holding globe and scepter.</p><p><i>RIC III 1163a (A. Pius); C 29; SRCV 4635; VM 110.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>And for verisimiltude, a veiled denarius:<i></i></p><p><i><img src="http://old.stoa.org/albums/album93/ML17_Faustina_I_Throne_Den.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p>Faustina Sr. Wife of A. Pius, †, 141 A.D. </p><p>AR Denarius, 18mm, 3.09gm, 6h</p><p>Mint of Rome, after 147 A.D.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA. Veiled and draped bust right.</p><p>Rx: AETERNITAS. Throne, against which leans scepter, peacock stands before.</p><p><i>RIC III 353 (A. Pius), SR 4579, VM 4/6.</i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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