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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4828588, member: 98035&quot;]Beautiful example! I have always wanted one, but haven&#039;t been able to justify it to myself just yet since I have been focusing on portraits mostly.</p><p><br /></p><p>My examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>I have this one as a lifetime issue from Sardes in Lydia, although that is somewhat up for debate as Mnaseas appears on these coins of Germanicus, coins of Nero, and pseudo-autonomous civic issues, but not on coins of Caligula or Claudius, indicating perhaps two different magistrates of the same name? Germanicus is tricky to hunt a lifetime portrait for - as he was given extensive posthumous honors, often without changes to titulature.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167931[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is definitely posthumous, minted by Caligula - I bought it for the cheap portrait of Agrippina I</p><p>(Aezanis, Phrygia)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167930[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>An an imperial As or Dupondius, minted by Claudius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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