[Game] Guess the portrait!

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  1. bcuda

    bcuda El Ibérico loco

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  3. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    No.

    Oh dear. I thought this one would be easy :(.

    The portrait looks very much like his head on a famous statue.
     
  4. Yorkshire

    Yorkshire Well-Known Member

  5. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    No :(
     
  6. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Herakles
     
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  7. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

  8. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    @zumbly is correct, it's Herakles. I cropped out his club because that would have made it far too easy.

    Perinthos-Herakles-IsisHeaddress-RT.jpg
    THRACE, Perinthus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. 2nd century AD. Æ 17 mm, 3.53 gm. Bare head of Herakles right / Headdress of Isis. Mouchmov -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Righetti -; SNG Lewis -

    British museum bust resembling the Farnese Herakles:

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  9. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

  10. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

    Hieron, Arethusa
     
  11. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    (edited) I'll let someone else get it :D
     
  12. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Nope
     
  13. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Is it Arethusa or nay?
     
  14. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Good guess, but no.
     
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  15. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    :wideyed:

    Oh. Well, I would have gotten it wrong!
     
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  16. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Aphrodite?
     
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  17. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Yes!

    Corinth - Drachm 1950.jpg CORINTHIA, Corinth
    AR Drachm. 2.65g, 15.3mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa 500-450 BC. BCD Corinth 30; SNG Copenhagen 16. O: Pegasos flying right. R: Head of Aphrodite right, in incuse square.
     
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  18. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    bro.jpg This was too hard so I'll post his brother. The one to name is on the left.
     
    Last edited: Sep 28, 2019
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  19. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Titus
     
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  20. shanxi

    shanxi Well-Known Member

    posted in the wrong place :oops:
     
    Last edited: Sep 29, 2019
  21. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Titus (and Domitian) from Stobi, Macedon, AE24. shows Titus wearing the laurel wreath of an Imperator but Domitian Caesar bare headed. The reverse shows a standing figure (who?) in a temple. The coin was pierced in antiquity and retains patinated copper wire.
    pb0160fd0149.jpg
     
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