In Honor of an Iconic Scowl, Please Post your Ugliest Mugs!

The FrankenScowl Clan...


RI Nero and Drusus Caesar under Tiberius Carthago Nova mint AE As 14-37 CE

 

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I concur...

Although, I kind of think he resembles the late Robin Williams a little here:

EGYPT, Alexandria. Galba. AD 68-69. BI Tetradrachm Dated RY 1 (AD 68).
O: Laureate head of Galba right
R: Veiled and draped bust of Eirene right, caduceus over shoulder.
RPC I 5328


The goddess Eirene doesn't look too pleased herself in this two-for-one. Considering the turmoil of 68/69, not a whole lot of Pax Romana going on.

 

Licinius I. Minted circa 321-324 CE. AE3. 20mm, 2.6g. Alexandria mint, second officina. Obverse: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI. Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and scepter. Eagle with wreath to the left on the ground. Captive to the right. In right field, X over II and a half (signifying 12.5). SMALB in exergue.

 

Please Post your Ugliest Mugs!

I always thought this was an ugly MUG of coffee...


Mysia Pergamon Tetradrachm 12.4g 26mm Cisto mystica with serpents - snakes KP 85-76 BCE

 

You can't really consider Carausius a handsome devil.


Carausius, AD 286-293.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.91 g, 21.2 mm, 3 h.
Aberrant issue, uncertain British mint.
Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate (draped and cuirassed?) bust, right.
Rev: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and cornucopiae.
Refs: c.f. Blackmoor Hoard 20440-1; RIC --; RCV --.

 

There are some great “ugly” coins shown so far in this thread.

@Cucumbor , that is the most unpleasant rendering of of Trajan I’ve seen.

@Bing , Julia Maesa has three chins going on. Haha

@IdesOfMarch01 , these coins are too beautiful to be ugly

@Shea19 , wow that is an incredibly scowl-ly Caracalla. Nice!

 

Here are a couple more “ugly” coins from my collection.

This is actually one of my favorite coins and a previous Saturnalia gift. All the same it’s hard to escape the fact that humans aren’t suppose to look like this.

Spain, Obulco
AE28, Obulco mint, struck mid II century BC
Dia.: 28 mm
Wt.: 16.83 g
Obv.: OBVLCO; female head right
Rev.: Celtic-Iberian legend: Magistrates names "Urkailtu" and "Neseltuko" between plow and grain ear.
Ref.: CNH 17, page 344

This one of Helena is ugly due to having had a hard life since it was minted. Still apply to have it.

Roman Empire
Helena (AD 325-330)
AE3, Heraclea mint, struck ca. AD 324-328.
Dia.: 19.8 mm
Wt.: 1.3 g
Obv.: FL HELENA AVGVSTA; Diademed, mantled bust right, wearing necklace.
Rev.: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE; Securitas standing left, lowering branch and raising hem of robe with right hand.
Ref.: RIC VII Heraclea 95. Mintmark SMH Epsilon.

 

I dont think Poppaea is a beauty queen:

 

Nice, well... Non-"traditionally beautiful" coins all! Here are a few "rough and wild" renderings of Tanit from my collection...

 

I wouldn't say that Decentius is ugly, however I do think that his face stands out a bit:

Decentius (350-353), Maiorina, Rome mint, 2nd officina.
Obverse: MAG DECENTI-VS NOB CAES, bareheaded cuirassed bust right, B behind.
Reverse: VICT D D N N AVG ET CAES, two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them a wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X. Mintmark (unidentifiable) in exergue.
RIC 217

 

Does this one count . . . . . . ?

(I'mma gonna get my <pick your favorite body part> slapped for this one . . .)

Z

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And bug eyes

 

You want ugly? With props to @Orielensis for your post of your dinero of James II, medievals got y'all beat. Yes, with competition. But, No, a TKO, at least in the second round.
Francia, Robert II Capet (996-1031), denier of Laon, with the bishop of Laon on the reverse. Yes, those are both facing (hold your nose) 'portraits.'