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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7985947, member: 110350&quot;]These two coins, presumably by the same engraver if not a die match, are not mine; I came across the first on Numisbids and the second on ACSearch while looking at Roman Republican coins. Especially given that Venus was the goddess of love and beauty, etc., and the ancestor of the Roman people via Aeneas, I would nominate the engraver as the least talented engraver of her face and posterior in Roman history. Gold coins were rare enough in the Roman Republic that one would think that only the most talented of engravers would be assigned to the task, but no.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vibius Varus aureus, Apollo on obverse and Venus observing herself in mirror on reverse, 42 BCE.&nbsp; The two examples are respectively from an upcoming Nomos auction and an NAC auction from a few years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385812[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385814[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Zooming in, particularly on the first one, gives the full flavor.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are other examples of the same type on acsearch that actually are quite well-done.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think either of these could be used to illustrate the Evil Queen in Snow White.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has come across worse, I&#039;d like to see it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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