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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 5375930, member: 91461&quot;]Please list your favorite ancient portraits by culture<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> through time<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> in order of your favorite artistry<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> with examples<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":snaphappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> if possible. </p><p>Don&#039;t get all philosophical<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> on me and not share coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":meh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />... or do if you&#039;d like<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />... but with coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>You have 3 selections from 10 categories to choose from: Greek: Archaic, Classical, Helenistic, Roman: RR, Imperial, Provincial, Byzantine, middle east and Asia, China, jk and everything else. </p><p>When it comes to portraits there are plenty of stellar examples. So, certainly my collections best examples aren&#039;t as strong in some areas (or any) as others who specialize in a different area as myself. But that&#039;s the fun, hopefully, of this thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>I LOVE everything archaic. And this Apollo(?) Is no exception:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229716[/ATTACH] </p><p>IONIA. Kolophon. Obol (Circa 530/25-500 BC).</p><p>Obv: Archaic head of Apollo (?)&nbsp; right.</p><p>Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.</p><p>Cf. SNG Kayhan 352 (tetartemorion); cf. SNG von Aulock 1811 (hemiobol).</p><p>Very fine 0.82 g.</p><p>Diameter: 8 mm. Numismatik Naumann Gmbh</p><p><br /></p><p>My best early classical. Greek portrait, and one I lean back on probably too much considering the wear:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229715[/ATTACH]</p><p>SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny</p><p>485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm - 17.45 g). Struck circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 134 (V60/R93); SNG ANS 38 (same dies); Randazzo -. rev sl off-ctr, sl surface imperfections,most notably a horizontal scratchlike flaw in obv right field.</p><p><br /></p><p>I targeted this one for that wild</p><p>Herakles portrait and have never regretted it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229717[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander III the Great </p><p>336-323 B.C. AE 20 (19.5 mm, 5.74 g). Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor, ca. 323-310 B.C. Head of Alexander the Great as Hercules right, wearing the lion-skin headdress / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, bow in bow-case above and club, the weapons of Hercules; torch in field below. </p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s my fav MSC? Ask me tomorrow and it will be different:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229756[/ATTACH] </p><p>Macedonia under Roman rule</p><p>AR tetradrachm- 16,21 gram,31 mm, struck after 168AD at Amphipolis</p><p>obv: diademed head of Artemis Tauropolos facing right with quiver over shoulder in the center of a Macedonian shield, shield decorated with seven eight-pointed stars within double crescents</p><p>rev: Club of Herakles within oak wreath, monograms and legend around, thunderbolt at left</p><p>AMNG III, 159, SNG Cop 1314, BMC 2</p><p>Ex NB-Numismatics</p><p><br /></p><p>Easy go to on Roman republic coins, though something I may like more is on the way....:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229718[/ATTACH] </p><p>Creperius, Rocus</p><p>Denarius. 68 BC. Uncertain mint. (Ffc-657). (Craw-399-1b). (Cal-522). Obv: Bust of the back of the Sea Goddess to the right, C to the right, to the left crab. Rev .: Neptune with trident, in biga pulled by hippocampi to the right, below Q CREPER M (F) / ROCVS. Ag. 3.61 g. Usually struck off center. Very scarce. VF. </p><p>Ex: Tauler &amp; Fau</p><p><br /></p><p>I am certain that some of you have some Gaius ridonkulus looking sestertii of Nero, Trajan and or Hadrians (correct me if I&#039;m wrong, but I believe that the consensus is that portraiture was at its zenith under Hadrian... at least for Rome that is). And cannot wait to see them<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>But for me portraits on silver just have a little more magic. Like this Trajan Big D from my good buddy and Saturn of the year [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER] :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229728[/ATTACH] </p><p>Trajan Decius, AD 249-251. Struck between July-Dec, 250 AD. Silver Antoninianus (4.12 g) minted at Rome, AD 250. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right. Reverse: Abundantia (Abundance) standing right, emptying her cornucopiae. RIC 10b, RSC 2. Meticulously detailed portrait. Ex El Iberico Collection. Saturnalia 2020 gift from [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>Man O man are the provinces resplendent with wonderful reverses. Well, they also have some really fun portraits. My China doll Domna:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229757[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Domna (Augusta) Pisidia, Antiochia. AD.193-217. Æ (21mm, 5.20g). IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AVG. Draped bust right, hair in horizontal waves, large bun on back of the head. / ANTIOCH MENCIS COL. Mên standing right, with foot on bucranium, wearing Phrygian cap, holding long sceptre and Nike; behind his shoulders, crescent; at feet, cock standing left. Krzyzanovska II/5; SNG France 1133 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 39.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am no Byzantine guy... but I am starting to enjoy the strange style of them since I got my first gold, &quot;HHRMmmmm, fouree.&quot; He slid in under a clearing of the throat, byz coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229733[/ATTACH] </p><p>A tricky and vast area to choose from, but I&#039;m just fine with:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1229753[/ATTACH] </p><p>CILICIA, Mint Uncertain </p><p>400-350 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.58 g, 1 h). Female head facing, turned slightly to left, wearing earrings, necklace and flowing hair (Arethusa?). Rev. Facing head of Bes. Göktürk 44. SNG Levante 233. SNG France 486. Fine metal and attractive on both sides. Very fine.</p><p>Ex: Leu auction 4 Ex: Nomos Obolos 14</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your favorite portraits (and yes of course you can post multiple from one categorie) thoughts and observations<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Happy 2021! Bluer skys ahead<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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