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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2538427, member: 19463&quot;]On several occasions we have had someone say that a diecutter must have been in trouble for making a portrait so unflattering but we really don&#039;t know any example of something like this happening.&nbsp; Perhaps the Roman way of vanity did not expect everyone to have a certain size nose or consider a tall man more capable than a short one.&nbsp; (Do the research on US Presidents and see how many winners were the taller of the two candidates.)&nbsp; We always need to be careful not to read our culture into their words.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe they were not bothered by looking fat and ugly.&nbsp; The exception here seems to be Augustus who got better looking as he aged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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