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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7321509, member: 110226&quot;]The pandemic has cost the world such a staggering toll, in lives lost, livelihoods ruined and anguish that really, words are insufficient.&nbsp; The world, even when it returns to a semblance of normalcy has been changed at basic, profound levels.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I stay at home most of the time by myself, engaging in daily activities that provide some structure, but as time moves on, it seems almost as if destiny, and necessity, are calling the shots for the duration, at least in my case.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, getting to Justinian I, here&#039;s my example from Antioch, year 13 a coin&nbsp; purchased from Harlan Berk back at the time when civilization was moving from square wheels to round ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279585[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another &quot;wide module&quot; follis, from Nicomedia, year 14.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279578[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Followed, in no particular order, by a follis from Constantinople, year 12.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279580[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Notice the markedly different portrait styles?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Which one appeals the most?&nbsp; I think Antioch takes number one.&nbsp; Nicomedia attempts to add a pupil, but the eyes themselves are quite &quot;popped out&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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