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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1857382, member: 39084&quot;]Continuing this discussion, here are a couple of aurei (not mine) that sold last month at auction, which were minted in Lugdunum:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]311435[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]311436[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The catalog description of these describes them variously as &quot;... [an] attractive and powerful portrait...&quot; and &quot;An interesting portrait of Claudius...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, personally, I find these portraits at best somewhat bizarre, and downright ugly for the most part.&nbsp; They don&#039;t resemble most other portraits of Claudius and they just don&#039;t look as well executed to my eye.&nbsp; Compare them to these two that were struck at Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]311440[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]311441[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Admittedly, I&#039;m biased since the last coin is in my collection, but I just think the portraits on these coins are superior pieces of art.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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