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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3048563, member: 74834&quot;]As always, good input, Dougsmit, that makes one think again. I suppose there were always several cutters working with different styles. Just like other mints. It doesn&#039;t say anything about realism, unless you compare with <a href="https://www.google.nl/search?q=emperor+philippus+i+bust&amp;rlz=1C1GGRV_enNL751NL751&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjw1PHg1avaAhWCalAKHUvqDrsQ_AUICigB&amp;biw=1600&amp;bih=769" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.nl/search?q=emperor+philippus+i+bust&amp;rlz=1C1GGRV_enNL751NL751&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjw1PHg1avaAhWCalAKHUvqDrsQ_AUICigB&amp;biw=1600&amp;bih=769" rel="nofollow">well-executed heads</a> and busts. These designs might be exponents of art schools of their day. Your Philippus I year 4 is a lot like my Gordian Caesar of 12 years earlier. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]762331[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly there were several styles of portraits used in one year, or not?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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