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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2669924, member: 76194&quot;]One thing that amazes me about his coins is all the different portrait styles (as evidenced by all the coins in this thread) and how much they vary. And it&#039;s not his age that&#039;s the issue, as he was always portrayed as a youngish man even in old age.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not surprised that [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] &#039;s tet is so lifelike that you can compare him to surviving busts of Augustus and it would be obvious who he was. I find some eastern provincial coins to have that quality (not just for Augustus but other emperors as well), much more than the styles of portraits from the Roman mint. There is some interesting variety within the Roman mint as to the style of portrait, even in coins with the same theme (ie. same issue).</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin&#039;s style in a way reminds me a little of&nbsp; [USER=73358]@ro1974[/USER] &#039;s sestertius from Pergamum. What do you think? Both have a nose you could use as a machete to cut sugar cane with. Still, compared to Flavian noses, these are still rather tame. Poor Flavians had noses you could use as ice picks for mountain climbing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]594272[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]594274[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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