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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2667386, member: 82616&quot;]You&#039;re correct about the Rome portrait. Vespasian looks a bit more &#039;severe&#039; in it than on the provincial example. The scholar Barbara Levick called this his &#039;straining&#039; portrait. LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, looking at them online style is the best way to identify the Rome pieces from the locally produced ones. In hand it&#039;s both style and the 6 o&#039;clock die axis.</p><p><br /></p><p>NB: This example was misidentified by the seller.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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