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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Trebellianus, post: 2976510, member: 91569&quot;]Aside from the Hadrian in my avatar, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-welcome-the-new-members-post-a-coin-and-a-little-about-yourself.303410/page-7#post-2930548" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-welcome-the-new-members-post-a-coin-and-a-little-about-yourself.303410/page-7#post-2930548">which I&#039;ve treated on elsewhere</a>, my favourite is almost certainly this Domitian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731471[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3"><b>Domitian</b>, 88AD: O: laureate head right, IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VII / R: Minerva standing left, holding spear, IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS P P P. Seller&#039;s photo.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect the guy&#039;s been given a slightly unfair shake by Suetonius, Tacitus and the rest, but without doubt he was exceptionally vain and narcissistic. His appearance here I feel must be more or less exactly how he wished himself to be idealised: perfect hair, impossibly strong jawline, the distinctive Flavian nose discreetly reduced a little. It&#039;s a pleasingly expressive portrait, as well: the imperial <i>hauteur</i> comes across very directly, and the hints of a curled lip and furrowed eyebrow combine to give him a faintly sneering quality as well. Good stuff all round.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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