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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;corvusconstantius, post: 8117759, member: 123797&quot;]The baldness of Domitian is something that has always intrigued me. Although he was apparently upset about it, some coins do clearly depict his receding hairline. His father and brother had no issue with their own baldness and make it clear on their coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Caligula was an emperor who reportedly struggled with baldness and made a keen effort to avoid the impression of baldness on his coins. Caesar was also reportedly embarrassed about it, but on the contrary it&#039;s clear on his coins. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Later emperors are almost always depicted with juvenile hairlines (except Carus and some issues of Probus) which seems unrealistic to me due to the age of most emperors and the statistical likelihood of balding. Perhaps it was simply convention to always depict emperors with juvenile hairlines? </p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has any comments I&#039;d love to hear some insight![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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