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<p>[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 7837602, member: 115171"]When they put forth their best efforts the Byzantine celators could rise to the heights. The facing portrait of young Tiberius to the left of his father Justinian II is one I find rather astonishing. So often in the ancient world children are depicted as miniature adults but here, and on some coins of Heraclius with his son Heraclius Constantine as pictured above, there is no doubt that a child with a child’s proportions is displayed. The portraits of Justinian II while somewhat stylized are also excellent, in my opinion. [ATTACH=full]1347702[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And it is not as if stylized portraits did not abound during the Tetrachy. I myself have trouble differentiating Maxentius Galerius Maximus from Flavius Lucinius Constantine, and I bet I am not the only one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 7837602, member: 115171"]When they put forth their best efforts the Byzantine celators could rise to the heights. The facing portrait of young Tiberius to the left of his father Justinian II is one I find rather astonishing. So often in the ancient world children are depicted as miniature adults but here, and on some coins of Heraclius with his son Heraclius Constantine as pictured above, there is no doubt that a child with a child’s proportions is displayed. The portraits of Justinian II while somewhat stylized are also excellent, in my opinion. [ATTACH=full]1347702[/ATTACH] And it is not as if stylized portraits did not abound during the Tetrachy. I myself have trouble differentiating Maxentius Galerius Maximus from Flavius Lucinius Constantine, and I bet I am not the only one. ;)[/QUOTE]
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