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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2976399, member: 36818&quot;]Fantastic portrait of Septimius!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the forked beard of Septimius Severus. Did it really look like that? Or were the forks added to his portraiture to exaggerate and/or emphasize his beard and his resemblance to the Antonines?</p><p><br /></p><p>They usually seem to me to have been sort of &quot;tacked on&quot; by the engraver.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of my favorite Septimius portraits on one of my own coins. Here he looks like a real human being. The proportions of his head are correct, and his facial features are rendered in such a way that they seem to be those of an actual person.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]731402[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Septimius Severus.</b> AR denarius, Rome mint, struck 210–1 CE; 3.06g. BMCRE p. 368, Hill —, RIC 331 (R. It. 1908, p. 388)(S), RSC 137a. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS – AVG BRIT; head laureate right. Rx: FELICITAS PVBLICA; Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. Rare. VF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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