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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8567253, member: 24754"]Ya, I should have mentioned, this provincial Otho that I posted isn't mine. I just googled it and grabbed the first photo that popped up. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sure this is true, but I've kinda developed a theory that some of the early rulers tended to want their coins to make them look like the "Idealized" Augustus. Even Augustus himself was guilty of this: (None are my coins)</p><p><br /></p><p>What Augustus looked like///The idealized Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1511119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1511121[/ATTACH]</p><p> What Tiberius looked like///As idealized Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1511125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1511124[/ATTACH]</p><p> What Claudius looked like///As idealized Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1511129[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1511128[/ATTACH]</p><p> What Nero looked like///As idealized Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1511136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1511133[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, it's just a theory that I happened upon based on casual observations, not claiming that it's actually accurate. Might just be differences in age, or maybe they're all shooting for the "idealized Roman", or maybe I'm just crazy! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just figured that if an emperor wanted the populace to believe that they looked a certain way, then why not Augustus?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8567253, member: 24754"]Ya, I should have mentioned, this provincial Otho that I posted isn't mine. I just googled it and grabbed the first photo that popped up. :shy: I'm sure this is true, but I've kinda developed a theory that some of the early rulers tended to want their coins to make them look like the "Idealized" Augustus. Even Augustus himself was guilty of this: (None are my coins) What Augustus looked like///The idealized Augustus [ATTACH=full]1511119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1511121[/ATTACH] What Tiberius looked like///As idealized Augustus [ATTACH=full]1511125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1511124[/ATTACH] What Claudius looked like///As idealized Augustus [ATTACH=full]1511129[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1511128[/ATTACH] What Nero looked like///As idealized Augustus [ATTACH=full]1511136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1511133[/ATTACH] Like I said, it's just a theory that I happened upon based on casual observations, not claiming that it's actually accurate. Might just be differences in age, or maybe they're all shooting for the "idealized Roman", or maybe I'm just crazy! :rolleyes: Just figured that if an emperor wanted the populace to believe that they looked a certain way, then why not Augustus?[/QUOTE]
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