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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 7536679, member: 84744&quot;]I totally agree about the appeal of facing portraits and standing figures (at least when they have facial features visible).&nbsp; They&#039;re often badly done so it&#039;s quite satisfying to find a nice one!!&nbsp; I especially like your Mylasa Apollo and the Gyrnion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a bunch:</p><p>Larissa drachm, facing nymph:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301122[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Carian dynasts/satraps often did a good job of facing Apollos:</p><p>Maussolos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301103[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pixodaros:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301105[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Amisos under Mithradates VI, facing Medusa (head separate!):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301104[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhodes didrachm, facing Helios:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301106[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Selge, facing gorgoneion:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301109[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another facing gorgoneion, from Plautius Plancus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301112[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Antiochos I, facing Athena:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301101[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla, Nikopolis, facing Telesphoros:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301110[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally the only facing Roma I&#039;ve seen on an VRBS ROMA FELIX with facial features visible:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301107[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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