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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Romancollector, post: 7621417, member: 106319&quot;]I would argue the opposite of what you&#039;re suggesting. Realism (or more specifically verism and naturalism) as a trend in portraiture came into being after the Julio-Claudians. Essentially, Julio-Claudian portraiture was a rejection Republican naturalism and verism, instead embracing idealism and youthfulness. This is perhaps most obvious in the portraiture of Augustus, but I think it can be said for the dynasty as a whole. The Flavians reintroduced verism and naturalism in their portraiture, and this continued with Nerva and his successors. Certainly, there was a return to idealized and youthful portraiture during the reign of Domitian, but this was an exception. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my sestertius of Trajan. I think that the portrait is quite successful and it could be described as realistic. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1311504[/ATTACH] </p><p>Photo taken by NAC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1311509[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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