CALIGULA portrait

Here he is passing judgement on "Butchers" of coins!

 

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A great lecture by Mary Beard which really shows how little we really know about the identity of many Roman busts.

 

A coin where i only can dream for it

 

Thanks for posting this. I have seen it before but it is definitely worth a second viewing.

 

She also did a series of Mellon Lectures that cover more ground.

Here is a link to the first lecture. https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/audio-video/video/mellon-beard1.html

All six lectures can be found here by scrolling down. https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/audio-video/mellon.html

 

Thanks David,

A few months ago I searched out all of her online videos and watched them. They are all excellent.

 

Yeah, I'll admit I'm a fanboy.