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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3317146, member: 74968&quot;]Good questions Doug. As for the nose question I have noticed that on the early coins of Domitian the nose are more veristic. The nose seems to smooth out over time. Regarding the examples you discussed it is my assumption that the &quot;Caesar&quot; legend coins (RIC 921) come before the other rarer variety. However this observation is only based upon the general idea that the realistic nose came first. In the case of these 2 coins it could be the whim of the engraver. I will have a look a other examples where I can find them and see if this might apply across numerous examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at RIC 3 in the OP. It is an early coin of Domitian as Augustus and does not have the smoothed nose.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the group numbers I believe these are chronological. Once again thanks for your questions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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