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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2545856, member: 19463&quot;]In the thread on favorites we saw:</p><p><br /></p><p>and this really wonderful example of a non-portrait Vespasian:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>...so it seems natural to start a thread on Roman Imperial coins which do NOT have a portrait.&nbsp; I&#039;ll start with a Caligula sestertius honoring the opening of the temple of the divine Augustus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]546401[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and his quadrans honoring his repeal of the 1/2% sales tax.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]546402[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius issued a 200th anniversary of the battle of Actium</p><p>[ATTACH=full]546404[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Who has others?&nbsp; Remember: Imperial but no heads!&nbsp; That includes heads of non-emperors.&nbsp; I <i>was </i>going to show the Anonymous Pagans from the Great Persecution period c.312AD but I won&#039;t because they may not really be Imperials since they were issued without a ruler name.</p><p>Don&#039;t look at these<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]546405[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]546406[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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