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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4335882, member: 110226&quot;]Take the nose.</p><p>An extension of the face, I suppose</p><p>To breath the perfumed air of the rose</p><p>Or snort indignantly as one chose.</p><p>It’s perched in noble profile</p><p>Making a point all the while –</p><p>For what would we do without the nose,</p><p>Who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently picked up an Athenian tetradrachm from VCoins that I am 99% sure is an imitation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One give-a-way is the nose, resting on Athena&#039;s face as a promontory, a nearly geological feature of the face that would make Jimmy Durante green with envy. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099219[/ATTACH] </p><p>So I started thinking about how that most important aspect of one&#039;s profile is portrayed over the ages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nerva was clearly proud of his proboscis, not only making it a prominent part of his profile, but supplementing it with a look of imperious authority. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099221[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1099222[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Which brings up the question - what other examples of the proboscis, both noble and ignoble, in all of its glory and ugliness are out there?&nbsp; Quite a few I would imagine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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