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<p>[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2158035, member: 72818"]The 'Greek', especially with worn and corroded lettering always gives me immense grief---not to mention when they are inexplicably mixed with Latin, recognizable or not. JA seems to excel in these cases.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first, which I love, you and TIF nailed down...and the second I could only make wild guesses for...but it seems to resemble Antoninus--- the translated Greek ought to narrow that down to a probability if not a certainty.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third appears to also resemble Antoninus Pius, so perhaps that's a clue for the others?? The fourth I'm clueless about and the last seems to resemble Antoninus again---I would need to use a loupe and transcribe each symbol of the lettering and then compare what I have to my best guesses on Wildwinds or elsewhere.. And, I suppose any of the bearded Emperors resemble these images, so the legend is crucial to me--perhaps even Marcus Aurelius ETC ETC??? </p><p><br /></p><p>JA or Doug or one of the others will come to rescue soon.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2158035, member: 72818"]The 'Greek', especially with worn and corroded lettering always gives me immense grief---not to mention when they are inexplicably mixed with Latin, recognizable or not. JA seems to excel in these cases. The first, which I love, you and TIF nailed down...and the second I could only make wild guesses for...but it seems to resemble Antoninus--- the translated Greek ought to narrow that down to a probability if not a certainty. The third appears to also resemble Antoninus Pius, so perhaps that's a clue for the others?? The fourth I'm clueless about and the last seems to resemble Antoninus again---I would need to use a loupe and transcribe each symbol of the lettering and then compare what I have to my best guesses on Wildwinds or elsewhere.. And, I suppose any of the bearded Emperors resemble these images, so the legend is crucial to me--perhaps even Marcus Aurelius ETC ETC??? JA or Doug or one of the others will come to rescue soon.....[/QUOTE]
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