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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5220781, member: 110350&quot;]Thanks. Also, the more I look at the Pupienus, the more impressed I am by the level of detail on his portrait (down to the details on the inside of his ear if you zoom in enough).&nbsp; Furthermore, I&#039;ve never really understood what &quot;fine style&quot; means, but I am pretty sure that the portrait of Pupienus (including the way his expression is rendered) qualifies.&nbsp; I still don&#039;t get how it is that his hair is almost completely worn off in front of the laurel wreath, given how well-preserved the rest of the obverse is.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, I think I was lucky to get this coin for the price I did (considerably under $1,000, the line I&#039;ve still never crossed for a coin), given the prices for which other denarii of Pupienus have sold. I think the dealer could have gotten more for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting that it was only the usurpers such as the Gallic emperors and Allectus in Britannia who had full beards during the century after Pupienus, whereas there may have been no &quot;legitimate&quot; Roman emperor in Rome who had one until Julian II.&nbsp; Which would mean that Pupienus really was the last of his kind.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you&#039;re probably right about the shape of the beards on the &quot;Genius of the Senate&quot; portrayals. In addition, look at their bushy hair, protruding in back: nothing like the close-cropped hair of Pupienus and Balbinus.&nbsp; The other evidence that [USER=89514]@curtislclay[/USER] pointed to in the earlier thread was the fact that the Genius of the Senate, identified by name, appeared on the reverse of a number of coins of Antoninus Pius (found on acsearch). His portrayal on those coins closely resembles the figure on the reverse of the Pupienus and Balbinus denarii, except that he holds a long rather than a short scepter. (The short scepter, by the way, is not shaped like a parazonium and I don&#039;t think it can be one.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216149[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216150[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216151[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216153[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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