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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4633328, member: 73473"]Very fine coins posted so far. I would argue that the principate continued the Hellenistic style of portraits. Even some later Roman siliqua and solidii have stunning portraits.</p><p>Here are my two favorite realistic portrait coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145764[/ATTACH]</p><p> SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus II Theos (261-246 BC). AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.99gm, 12h). Phocaea. <b>Diademed head of Antiochus I right, elderly to middle ages, with full hair and aquiline nose</b>; dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANT-IOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on grounded bow to right behind; forepart of griffin left in upper, outer left field, A(PT) monogram in outer right field. SC 508. Extremely rare - no examples in sales archives. Pleasant medium gray old collection toning. Extreme high relief.</p><p><br /></p><p>I absolutely love the elderly portrait of Antiochus I in his 60’s. On the other end of the spectrum, here is a coin of Antiochus III, depicting the king as an 18/19 year old teenager.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145769[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm</p><p>16.97 Grams</p><p>Seleucia on the Tigris. First Reign, <i><b>Before the Revolt of Molon</b></i>, Ca. 223-221 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ on left, Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow, Control marks in outer left and right fields and in exergue.</p><p>Rare[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4633328, member: 73473"]Very fine coins posted so far. I would argue that the principate continued the Hellenistic style of portraits. Even some later Roman siliqua and solidii have stunning portraits. Here are my two favorite realistic portrait coins: [ATTACH=full]1145764[/ATTACH] SELEUCID KINGDOM. Antiochus II Theos (261-246 BC). AR tetradrachm (32mm, 16.99gm, 12h). Phocaea. [B]Diademed head of Antiochus I right, elderly to middle ages, with full hair and aquiline nose[/B]; dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANT-IOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on grounded bow to right behind; forepart of griffin left in upper, outer left field, A(PT) monogram in outer right field. SC 508. Extremely rare - no examples in sales archives. Pleasant medium gray old collection toning. Extreme high relief. I absolutely love the elderly portrait of Antiochus I in his 60’s. On the other end of the spectrum, here is a coin of Antiochus III, depicting the king as an 18/19 year old teenager. [ATTACH=full]1145769[/ATTACH] Antiochus III. 223-187 BC. AR Tetradrachm 16.97 Grams Seleucia on the Tigris. First Reign, [I][B]Before the Revolt of Molon[/B][/I], Ca. 223-221 BC. Diademed head of Antiochus III right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ on left, Nude Apollo seated left on omphalos, slight drapery on right thigh, holding arrow in right hand, left hand resting on bow, Control marks in outer left and right fields and in exergue. Rare[/QUOTE]
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