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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 8127930, member: 91820&quot;]Interesting - I have spent some time comparing the beard to others from the same time, and it appears to be consistent, but MI will take a closer look - it could just be the results of cleaning.&nbsp; One interesting aspect of these that I discovered - not much of a discovery - is that some of the portraits of Caracalla with the &quot;BRIT&quot; reverse has the famous Caracalla &quot;mean&quot; face with knitted brow and the overall fierce expression that Dio claimed Caracalla was proud to assume, as if he was in a rage.</p><p>Maybe I will do an article comparing the two types and find out if there is a way to show that the fierce examples were struck after the death of Caracalla.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, one of the terrific aspects of Doug Smith&#039;s articles on ancient coins is how many include issues for further research.&nbsp; I have never been able to analyze coins in those terms and it is one of many features of the articles that brings me back to them again and again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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