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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 2832958, member: 58462&quot;]Great pickup Mat, nothing more fun than grabbing a misattributed coin!&nbsp; As we&#039;ve seen in this thread, Clodius had some fine portraits.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When allied with Septimius Severus, Clodius Albinus’ portraits show him with hair combed forward to cover a receding hairline matched with a short scruffy beard. </p><p><br /></p><p>When Septimius Severus named his son Caracalla Caesar, Albinus understood this as the end of their alliance and the beginning of a fight for his life. Ablinus took the title of Augustus (Imperator Caesar Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Augustus), and his portrait quickly converts to a full head of hair and voluminous beard worthy of an Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my before: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]668134[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and after:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]668138[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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