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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 713784, member: 19463&quot;]I believe stainless might agree that after a while we tend to recognize the faces of these 200 or so people rather like we do the faces of our friends and family.&nbsp; Obviously some are more distinctive than others and some are like distant cousins we see only once in a while.&nbsp; In later periods when it gets stylized we not only recognize the face but start to see that the face is &#039;Eastern&#039; or &#039;Alexandria&#039;.&nbsp; If you stay with it long enough you may even start looking at specific die styles and convince yourself that two coins in your collection were cut by the same artist.&nbsp; Some ancient coin collectors are in it for the &#039;art&#039; and go further in these ways than do the history buffs who have memorized not only the names but all the associated dates.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You saw an uncle in the face of Pius.&nbsp; You may later find other people you know remind you of people on the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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