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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brassnautilus, post: 2328788, member: 74300&quot;]Pretty sure Claudius was supposed to look like a retard, but you never see a portrait of him that way...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying coin portraits are never accurate. A lot of times we see remarkable consistency eventhough they were cut by different people/institution that have very little association to one another (craftsmen at Ephesus mint were just weird). I mean, to depict a princess like Julia Titi the way they did, if that wasn&#039;t accurate, I&#039;m sure a lot of people would had lost their heads... </p><p><br /></p><p>That, however, isn&#039;t the case with Claudius. While more of his portraits looked like that on OP&#039;s example, there are many other busts of him that don&#039;t have similar characteristics.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.3delihobby.com/pictures/hob/CC1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.3delihobby.com/pictures/hob/CC3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.3delihobby.com/pictures/hob/CC2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>So umm, when we speak of &quot;art&quot; value of these portraits, how much is there when they don&#039;t even resemble the real person? </p><p><br /></p><p>To be frank, a lot of times the only &quot;value&quot; in ancient coins I see are efforts put forth by generation of people to persevere it, so it&#039;s still there after thousands of years. This is why coins of precious metal are more &quot;meaningful&quot; than bronze IMHO, because it&#039;s much much much harder to preserve items made of material that retains its commodity value through time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my 2 cents...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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