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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 2082389, member: 25357&quot;]Almost looks like she has some kind of a French braid in the portrait on your coin.&nbsp; Whereas mine she&#039;s wearing some kind of crown, hairnet, hair piece or other fixture on her head.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_hairstyles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_hairstyles" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_hairstyles</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In more than just attractiveness though, hairstyling was the leisure pursuit of the cultured, elegant female. Hair was seen as much as an indication of wealth and social status as it was of taste and fashion. But unlike modern-day hairstyles, comfort and naturalism for the Romans took a back-seat to hairstyles that displayed the wearer&#039;s wealth to a maximum. In other words, having a complex and unnatural hairstyle would be preferred to a simple one, because it would illustrate the wealth of the wearer in being able to afford to take the time to do their hair.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Wikipedia cut and paste history</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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