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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2547105, member: 19463&quot;]I have absolutely no problem with the idea of a Pantheon portrait but a lot of the personification ID&#039;s we use are probably based more on the way collectors of the 19th to 21st century looked at things than the people who issued the coins.&nbsp; Italian cities often had local deities which are not always fully understood today or maybe not even to Romans with a different regional background.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure how we are to tell whether is is a face that all citizens of one little town would recognize or a face invented by the moneyer.&nbsp; Whichever, it is a great coin.&nbsp; Mine is similar but, as would be expected, a lower grade example completely missing the AED CVR part of the legend which I consider significant.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]546795[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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