[Game] Guess the portrait!

Yes! I tried to make it a bit more difficult by choosing an imitation.


Demetrios I Soter (161-150 B.C.) AR Drachm. Barbaric (Galatian?) contemporary imitation of Antioch mint issue dated 152/1 BC (SE 161)
Obverse: Diademed head right of Demetrios I right.
Reverse: Cornucopia; below, two monograms above AΞ(P) (date) below.
Reference: For type: SC 1657.
4.30g; 15mm

 

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I knew yesterday but was waiting for anybody else.

 

Alexander Balas?

 

No. Three possible answers.

 

I Guess it must be Antiochos IV then.

 

No. What he is holding over his right shoulder would probably give it away for Greeks or Romans.

 

Hmm I am thinking of a club or trident then. Perhaps herakles?

 

No. He has a lot in common with Loki & Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn.

 

Hermes?

 

Yes!



Marathos
174 BC
AE 22
Obvs: No inscription. Ptolemy VI right as Hermes, Laur. and draped, caduceus over shoulder.
Revs: Phoenician inscription, Marathos standing holding in right arm aphlaston. Phoenician date to left.
22mm, 6.4g
Ref: BMC 21

 

Really, no guesses? If the high school graduation hat is not a dead giveaway then HINT: she is a sibling of Zeus

 

Demeter?

 

With that "hat" I would have guessed Hera, but

rules out Hera .

Edited: Oh... I see that in addition to being the "consort" of Zeus, she is also his sibling. Hera it is .

 

Winner winner!


Argolis, Argos
Æ Dichalkon. Circa 280270/60
BCE Head of Hera
right, wearing stephane inscribed
APΓE/Athena
Promachos left. BCD
Peloponnesos1100-4;
3.90g, 18mm 6h.

 

Next, this dejected-looking guy:

 

I think I'm disqualified from guessing on this one...

 

Yes, you are .

This one isn't hard. Obviously (to me ) there are only a couple of possibilities...

I guess the people who are following this thread just aren't around right now.

 

It is a beautiful portrait to boot! I would've guessed earlier but I wanted to see if we could get some more peeps up in here to join the fun.

 

I'm thinking the delay between guessing, finding out if you're right, and putting up a new portrait is a bit too long and that's why the thread is losing attention. Does anyone have any ideas as to how we could speed up the turnaround time?