
These
are the bust descriptions from RIC VII. This is the page of plain busts.
A bust can be either facing left or facing right.The term 'plain bust'
means that the image is depicted with a bust only. It will not be carrying
or holding anything like a shield or spear. A plain bust can be draped,
cuirassed or both. The busts are bare-headed, laureate, radiate, helmeted,diademed
or veiled. The diadems can be plain, rosette or pearl. There may also be
some variation between the coins pictured and other coins.
Nota Bene--Sometimes
the RIC description is not correct! Exempli Gratia-- the K4 description
left out rest of the sentence after the word "globe." The I1 description
is draped, but I have only seen this type as cuirassed. A few of the examples
I have illustrated do not exactly match the RIC description, but were the
closest I could find-- one example, the H5 type I illustrated does not
have a spear.
1. Plain Busts
A. Bare-headed
B. Laureate
C. Radiate
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draped, cuirassed, seen from back |
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draped, cuirassed |
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cuirassed |
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D. Helmeted
E. Diademed
F. Veiled
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last modified on 20 July 2007