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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7686668, member: 97383&quot;]Ryan, The book you listed sounds like a great read <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I&#039;ve often reflected on how I would have adjusted to the situation these kids found themselves in, suddenly becoming the emperor of Rome <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The reality must have been frightening at first. At least we are lucky to get an accurate picture of what these kids looked like on Roman coinage before Diocletian&#039;s monetary reform of the late 3rd century. The post reform coinage made a radical change in portraiture <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Realism gave way to a new stylized portrait of uniformity &amp; strength, often referred to as the &quot;Eastern style&quot;. Individual features vanished, so the only way emperors &amp; their family can be identified is by the inscription on their coins. Your small bronze coin has an excellent, realistic portrait of Elagabalus. I&#039;ve got one excellent portrait coin of the young prince at the age of 13 or 14 that I&#039;ve posted a number of times, pictured below. I&#039;m confident this portrait is realistic since it was struck in the city of his birth.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319983[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1319984[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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