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<p>[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 3658665, member: 90981"]Nice coins everyone, thanks for sharing! </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=95247]@tenbobbit[/USER] Great coin...it's a very similar portrait style to mine, and I think it helps show where the engravers went wrong on my coin. Looks like they were going for a bold jawline (like in yours), but didn't finish it off correctly, so it came out looking like a huge double-chin. Also, from looking at yours, I wonder if those awful sideburns are actually just part of the laurel/diadem?</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] Very interesting idea, I wonder if that explains the lack of quality control that year? I think that it's probably more likely that the portrait on mine was just a result of laziness/apathy from the engravers, rather than politics, but it's definitely an interesting thought. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] I love that Licinius portrait, that's a great one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 3658665, member: 90981"]Nice coins everyone, thanks for sharing! [USER=95247]@tenbobbit[/USER] Great coin...it's a very similar portrait style to mine, and I think it helps show where the engravers went wrong on my coin. Looks like they were going for a bold jawline (like in yours), but didn't finish it off correctly, so it came out looking like a huge double-chin. Also, from looking at yours, I wonder if those awful sideburns are actually just part of the laurel/diadem? [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] Very interesting idea, I wonder if that explains the lack of quality control that year? I think that it's probably more likely that the portrait on mine was just a result of laziness/apathy from the engravers, rather than politics, but it's definitely an interesting thought. [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] I love that Licinius portrait, that's a great one.[/QUOTE]
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