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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7750312, member: 110504"][USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER], like [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER], I missed the health news, but am glad it's over with.</p><p>Meanwhile, your drachm threw me for a minute; the profile looked like Hadrian. But, No, the obverse legend, celebrating the victories over the Germans and Dacians, kind of nailed it. ...Maybe I was thinking in the wrong direction, and early depictions of Hadrian are that much nearer to later ones of Trajan.</p><p>...But what instantly registers is the reverse. The detail of the elephants' faces is magnificent. ...No, they Don't look happy! Reminiscent of ones from the circus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7750312, member: 110504"][USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER], like [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER], I missed the health news, but am glad it's over with. Meanwhile, your drachm threw me for a minute; the profile looked like Hadrian. But, No, the obverse legend, celebrating the victories over the Germans and Dacians, kind of nailed it. ...Maybe I was thinking in the wrong direction, and early depictions of Hadrian are that much nearer to later ones of Trajan. ...But what instantly registers is the reverse. The detail of the elephants' faces is magnificent. ...No, they Don't look happy! Reminiscent of ones from the circus.[/QUOTE]
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