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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3790202, member: 56859"]What a perfect sneer on that first coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few provincials but they weren't purchased for the portraits, which vary from mildly constipated to ferocious.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an imperial from a large group lot bought in 2013. It's portrait is fairly bland, expression-wise:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalladenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.834161/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Caracalla, CE 198-217</b></p><p>Rome, struck CE 215</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right (looks like GURM instead of GERM)</p><p>Rev: PM TRP XVIII COS IIII PP; Fides standing left holding two standards</p><p>Ref: RIC 266, RSC 315, BMC 143[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3790202, member: 56859"]What a perfect sneer on that first coin! I have a few provincials but they weren't purchased for the portraits, which vary from mildly constipated to ferocious. Here's an imperial from a large group lot bought in 2013. It's portrait is fairly bland, expression-wise: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalladenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.834161/[/IMG] [B]Caracalla, CE 198-217[/B] Rome, struck CE 215 AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right (looks like GURM instead of GERM) Rev: PM TRP XVIII COS IIII PP; Fides standing left holding two standards Ref: RIC 266, RSC 315, BMC 143[/QUOTE]
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