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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4663420, member: 110226"]That's an interesting exercise, but I guess I'm set in my ways, and prefer to think of the Roman emperors in the mind's eye, with the help of coins, plays and books. Literal depictions do little for me but serve as curiosities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course there have also been numerable dramatizations of the lives of some of the emperors, notably I, Cluadius on BBC. I did also see Christopher Plummer play Mark Anthony (not really a emperor, a wanna-be , I suppose) on stage. </p><p><br /></p><p>While Derek Jacoby's performance in I, Claudius was remarkable, and Plummer's Anthony full of fire opposite Zoe Caldwell's Cleopatra, the performances primarily served, at least for me, as catalysts to spur my interest in ancient history and eventually collect coins of the ancient world.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/395/1*CJgJxU-9V3vDdtAf0fCzwg.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a sestertius of Claudius, probably from a mint in Gaul. His neck on this example would suggest that the Claudian line included a few giraffes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Empire, 41-54 AD</p><p>Claudius</p><p>Branch mint, 41-2 AD</p><p>Sestertius</p><p>Von Kaenel 1333-49, BM-130</p><p>Paris-270, C-85, RIC-99</p><p>Obverse: Claudius, bare head, facing right, DN CLAUDIVS CAESAR AVG PM ...</p><p>Reverse: Spes advancing left, holding branch, SPES AVGVSTA, SC below</p><p>Struck at a branch mint, probably located in Gaul (possibly Lyon, the city of his birth?).</p><p>22.24 grams</p><p>33 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Small flan flaw on the neck and cheek. Nice portrait. Ex Harlan Berk.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1150300[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4663420, member: 110226"]That's an interesting exercise, but I guess I'm set in my ways, and prefer to think of the Roman emperors in the mind's eye, with the help of coins, plays and books. Literal depictions do little for me but serve as curiosities. Of course there have also been numerable dramatizations of the lives of some of the emperors, notably I, Cluadius on BBC. I did also see Christopher Plummer play Mark Anthony (not really a emperor, a wanna-be , I suppose) on stage. While Derek Jacoby's performance in I, Claudius was remarkable, and Plummer's Anthony full of fire opposite Zoe Caldwell's Cleopatra, the performances primarily served, at least for me, as catalysts to spur my interest in ancient history and eventually collect coins of the ancient world. [IMG]https://miro.medium.com/max/395/1*CJgJxU-9V3vDdtAf0fCzwg.jpeg[/IMG] Here's a sestertius of Claudius, probably from a mint in Gaul. His neck on this example would suggest that the Claudian line included a few giraffes. Roman Empire, 41-54 AD Claudius Branch mint, 41-2 AD Sestertius Von Kaenel 1333-49, BM-130 Paris-270, C-85, RIC-99 Obverse: Claudius, bare head, facing right, DN CLAUDIVS CAESAR AVG PM ... Reverse: Spes advancing left, holding branch, SPES AVGVSTA, SC below Struck at a branch mint, probably located in Gaul (possibly Lyon, the city of his birth?). 22.24 grams 33 mm, 6 h. Small flan flaw on the neck and cheek. Nice portrait. Ex Harlan Berk. [ATTACH=full]1150300[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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