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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2251905, member: 82616&quot;]That&#039;s a really good question Mikey. Many of Domitian&#039;s coin portraits are highly idealised and polished and show him with a full head of hair, although we know from Suetonius he was balding. The period between 84-89 was arguably the high watermark for this idealised style (Flavian Baroque, if you will) when many of the portraits were more elaborate with added finery such as the aegis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this portrait bust in the round any closer to the truth than the numismatic examples?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445715[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Currently on loan at the Met from the Toledo Museum of Art.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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