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<p>[QUOTE="Limes, post: 4715295, member: 101013"]And what a great coin to join the club with, [USER=101855]@johnmilton[/USER]! Two great portraits with a strong political message. Overall a very nice coin in my opinion and itt being off flan is just a minor detail. Interesting to note is that Mark Antony and Octavian were not the best of buddies when Octavian accepted the will of Caesar, and adopting Caesar's name. Mark Anotony continuously patronized Octavian, despite Octavian having the loyalty of many of Caesars former legionairs/veterans. </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, here's my portrait coin of the dictator himself, before he was struck down by a mad bunch of blade-swinging senators. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1156173[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And i'll throw in the portrait issue of Mark Antony, below (off flan and reverse weakly struck. Nevertheless a powerfull portrait):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1156174[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Limes, post: 4715295, member: 101013"]And what a great coin to join the club with, [USER=101855]@johnmilton[/USER]! Two great portraits with a strong political message. Overall a very nice coin in my opinion and itt being off flan is just a minor detail. Interesting to note is that Mark Antony and Octavian were not the best of buddies when Octavian accepted the will of Caesar, and adopting Caesar's name. Mark Anotony continuously patronized Octavian, despite Octavian having the loyalty of many of Caesars former legionairs/veterans. In any case, here's my portrait coin of the dictator himself, before he was struck down by a mad bunch of blade-swinging senators. [ATTACH=full]1156173[/ATTACH] And i'll throw in the portrait issue of Mark Antony, below (off flan and reverse weakly struck. Nevertheless a powerfull portrait): [ATTACH=full]1156174[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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