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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8190148, member: 75937"]The only thing I could find about the purpose of the issue is this brief explanation on p. xc of BMCRE4:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>Dedications of laurel-wreaths seem to call attention to the fact that the Emperor had reached his nineteenth tribunician year. Preparations in advance for the celebrations of 'vota' are suggested.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433738[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You've made a slight error in your attribution. You catalog this as BMC 2003; it's actually 2002. Here's the listing:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433739[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>BMCRE 2002 has a laureate head, right, (bust a), like yours. BMCRE 2003 has a laureate bust, r., with slight drapery on far shoulder (bust b). Here are photos of the specimens in the British Museum.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1938-0512-18" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1938-0512-18" rel="nofollow">2002</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433745[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-13834" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-13834" rel="nofollow">2003</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1433746[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8190148, member: 75937"]The only thing I could find about the purpose of the issue is this brief explanation on p. xc of BMCRE4: [INDENT]Dedications of laurel-wreaths seem to call attention to the fact that the Emperor had reached his nineteenth tribunician year. Preparations in advance for the celebrations of 'vota' are suggested.[/INDENT] [ATTACH=full]1433738[/ATTACH] You've made a slight error in your attribution. You catalog this as BMC 2003; it's actually 2002. Here's the listing: [ATTACH=full]1433739[/ATTACH] BMCRE 2002 has a laureate head, right, (bust a), like yours. BMCRE 2003 has a laureate bust, r., with slight drapery on far shoulder (bust b). Here are photos of the specimens in the British Museum. [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1938-0512-18']2002[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]1433745[/ATTACH] [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-13834']2003[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]1433746[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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