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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4804063, member: 91461"]Much obliged! Julius Caesar was said to be the first living Roman whoms vanity superceded the respect for his, mos maiorum, respect for those who came before. And he was the first Roman to have his portrait portrayed on coin while he was still alive... in Rome. </p><p>Across Roman republic history lifetime portraits appear on coins of Scipio Africanus, Pomps, among others... but always in the provinces. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166762[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4804063, member: 91461"]Much obliged! Julius Caesar was said to be the first living Roman whoms vanity superceded the respect for his, mos maiorum, respect for those who came before. And he was the first Roman to have his portrait portrayed on coin while he was still alive... in Rome. Across Roman republic history lifetime portraits appear on coins of Scipio Africanus, Pomps, among others... but always in the provinces. [ATTACH=full]1166762[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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