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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2488013, member: 44316&quot;]Here are some options for portraits of Septimius Severus, if you accept provincial coins. They have the virtue of being big--much bigger than denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526123[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526124[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>33 mm. 26.17 grams.&nbsp; Sometimes called a &quot;sestertius&quot; because of its size, even though it was minted at Antioch in Pisidia. </p><p>Men standing right (distinguished by the crescent behind his shoulders), his left foot on a tiny prow, holding Victory on globe in left hand while left elbow rests on a column, long scepter in right, small rooster at feet left.</p><p>Von Aulock 4924. Lindgren and Kovacs 1204.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526121[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526122[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Tetradrachm. 27-25 mm.</p><p>Struck at Laodicea ad Mare (distinguished by the star between the legs of the eagle)</p><p>Prier 1140.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526126[/ATTACH] </p><p>28 mm. Struck at Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.</p><p>City name on reverse beginning at 12:30.</p><p>Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopia.</p><p>The reverse legend names the magistrate: Aurelius Gallus.</p><p>Sear Greek Imperial 2123.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes the portraits on provincials are remarkably appealing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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