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 as dies will differ, so, for example, not every A2 bust will be identical.
    Sometimes the RIC description is not correct-- footnotes in RIC explain that I1 and I2 are probably identical. There can be some difficulty between distinguishing some of consular busts. 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.

A1	head bare
A2	head bare, draped, cuirassed, seen from the back
A3	head bare draped, cuirassed, bust facing
A4	head bare draped, cuirassed
A5	head bare, cuirassed
A6	head bare, waved hair, mantled (Fausta)
A7	head bare,  but intertwined plaits encircling head, plaits decorated with hair-pins, mantled with necklace, (Constantia)

B1	head laureate
B2	head laureate, looking upwards
B3	head laureate, draped,cuirassed, seen from the back
B4	bust laureate, draped cuirassed
B5	bust laureate, cuirassed
B6	bust laureate, wearing trabea

C1	head radiate
C2	bust radiate draped, cuirassed, seen from back
C3	bust radiate draped, cuirassed
C4	bust radiate cuirassed

D1	helmeted, draped, cuirassed
D2	helmeted cuirassed
D3	helmeted wearing imperial cloak (Vrbs Roma)
D4	helmet with plume, wearing imperial cloak (Vrbs Roma)
D5	laureate helmet, draped, cuirassed
D6	laureate helmet cuirassed
D7	high-crested helmet (bowl shaped) cuirassed

E1	head with plain diadem
E2	head with rosette-diadem
E3	head with pearl diadem
E4	head with plain diadem, looking upwards
E5	head with rosette-diadem, looking upwards
E6	head with pearl diadem, looking upwards
E7	plain diadem draped, cuirassed bust
E8	rosette diadem, draped, cuirassed bust
E9	pearl diadem draped, cuirassed bust
E10	diademed, mantled, with necklace (Helena)
E11	double pearl diadem with forehead jewel on plait encircling head, mantled with necklace (Helena)

F1

head veiled and laureate