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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3090081, member: 56859&quot;]Many of the &quot;eyes to heaven&quot; Constantine coins I see look more like a chin up, eyes straight ahead posture conveying <b>arrogance</b>.&nbsp; Are we sure it is meant to convey piety, or is the &quot;eyes to heaven&quot; designation just a modern pareidolia?&nbsp; Or perhaps I&#039;m just seeing what <i>I</i> want to see or misinterpreting the meaning of the &quot;eyes to heaven&quot; designation?&nbsp; Or... maybe I&#039;m just not rotating the coins correctly?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some examples from <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=eyes+to+heaven&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=eyes+to+heaven&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s archives</a>, described as &quot;eyes to heaven&quot;,&nbsp; which to me seem like his chin is up but he&#039;s not <i>looking</i> up.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/small/3560595.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here&#039;s the same coin shown twice in their archives and with different rotation.&nbsp; Even in the more rotated version it still seems that he&#039;s looking ahead (down his nose) rather than up.</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/small/1780206.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/small/809139.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are <i>some</i> though which seem to show eyes looking up regardless of the coin rotation:</p><p><br /></p><p>(Constantius II is going to have a bad neck strain in the morning)</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/small/10201101.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(Constantine I-- still looks more like arrogance to me)</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/small/3270943.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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