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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3189462, member: 56859"][USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER] that certainly is the epitome of his trademark scowl.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm generally not attuned to seeking out fine portraits but certainly enjoy it when a reverse type I like also has a good portrait. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is probably the only coin I bought primarily for the portrait, or at least in equal part to the lovely reverse. Lucilla looks like a porcelain doll on this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (literally, although the other way around; see the second image <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Lucilla</b></p><p>Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm</p><p>Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side</p><p>Ref: RIC III 780</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tll-lucilla-jennylind-jpg.726009/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Another of my favorite portraits is on this Alexandrian bronze of Domitian. I bought it for <i>so many</i> reasons. The great portrait was icing on the cake <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianagathodaemononhorse-rt-jpg.759269/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian.</b> Regnal year 10, CE 90/91. Æ diobol (25mm, 10.86 g, 12h). AVT KAICAP ΔΟ ΜΙΤ CEB ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head right / Agathodaemon serpent, wearing the skhent crown (emblematic of upper and lower Egypt), on horseback galloping left; L I (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 24.109; RPC II 2585; SNG Copenhagen 214; Emmett 277.10 (R5).</p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex West Coast/Lloyd Beauchaine Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 41, 19 March 1997), lot 1110</i></p><p><i>Ex Classical Numismatic Review Vol. XVI, No. 1 (January 1991), lot 31</i></p><p><i>Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2365</i></p><p>Appearances:</p><p>Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 39 (<i>this coin</i>)</p><p>Obverse illustrated in Emmett as the header for the Domitian section, p. 24 (<i>this coin</i>)</p><p>Fully illustrated in Emmett, p. 26 (<i>this coin</i>, discussing the unusual reverse).</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3189462, member: 56859"][USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER] that certainly is the epitome of his trademark scowl. I'm generally not attuned to seeking out fine portraits but certainly enjoy it when a reverse type I like also has a good portrait. This is probably the only coin I bought primarily for the portrait, or at least in equal part to the lovely reverse. Lucilla looks like a porcelain doll on this coin :) (literally, although the other way around; see the second image :D). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/[/IMG] [B]Lucilla[/B] Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side Ref: RIC III 780 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tll-lucilla-jennylind-jpg.726009/[/IMG] Another of my favorite portraits is on this Alexandrian bronze of Domitian. I bought it for [I]so many[/I] reasons. The great portrait was icing on the cake :). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianagathodaemononhorse-rt-jpg.759269/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian.[/B] Regnal year 10, CE 90/91. Æ diobol (25mm, 10.86 g, 12h). AVT KAICAP ΔΟ ΜΙΤ CEB ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head right / Agathodaemon serpent, wearing the skhent crown (emblematic of upper and lower Egypt), on horseback galloping left; L I (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 24.109; RPC II 2585; SNG Copenhagen 214; Emmett 277.10 (R5). [I]Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection Ex West Coast/Lloyd Beauchaine Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 41, 19 March 1997), lot 1110 Ex Classical Numismatic Review Vol. XVI, No. 1 (January 1991), lot 31 Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2365[/I] Appearances: Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 39 ([I]this coin[/I]) Obverse illustrated in Emmett as the header for the Domitian section, p. 24 ([I]this coin[/I]) Fully illustrated in Emmett, p. 26 ([I]this coin[/I], discussing the unusual reverse). [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/[/url][/QUOTE]
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