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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8024742, member: 84744&quot;]Oooh, this is a topic I can sink my teeth into!&nbsp; But first, let me express my admiration for that Vespasian... fabulous coin!!!&nbsp; Luscious toning and a wonderfully unusual portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>This unusual portrait of Hadrian attracted me to the coin, though I&#039;m not sure my fellow CTers share my view that it&#039;s very different (and lovely)...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390815[/ATTACH]</p><p>I call your attention to the nose, lips, face shape, and beard style.&nbsp; All subtle things, but they add up to a unique depiction IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a funny one (die break)...</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1390816[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably it&#039;s only because I stare at Sev Alex portraits so much, but this coin struck me as pretty hilarious due to the very unusual moustache-but-no-beard portrait of him:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390818[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It was the huge-eyed baby face Constantine that sold me on this coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390819[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Provincials are probably cheating a bit, but since you showed one I can too!&nbsp; This sleep-deprived Gallienus struck my fancy recently, although Tyche&#039;s insane stare is even better:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390821[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(Surely Bosporan kingdom coins are cheating.&nbsp; Is this Constantine or Licinius on the reverse?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390822[/ATTACH]</p><p>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Imitatives are also cheating.&nbsp; But since I&#039;ve cheated so much anyway, and [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] is a tolerant guy, here&#039;s a bemused cartoonish Tiberius from India which I love:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390823[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Gordian III and Diana after a bender together:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390827[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But it&#039;s the Taman Goths who reign supreme.&nbsp; I present to you, on the obverse, Septimius Severus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1390830[/ATTACH]</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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