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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7431183, member: 84744"]I agree with this general logic. (Though I might quibble about "exclusive": some dies in the workshop might be intended to represent Alexander, while others not - so a preponderance that couldn't be explained by chance would be enough to demonstrate intentionality.) This is the reason why I doubt there are any lifetime issues intentionally engraved with the features of Alexander. However I do see lots of posthumous coins with the wide-eyed/heavy orbital look which is especially characteristic of the Lysimachus tets – which I think you're acknowledging as being intentionally Alex-like, [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER]? I don't know for sure whether this "look" I'm identifying is present on multiple dies from the same mint... I'd have to put in some work I'm not about to do at the moment. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 7431183, member: 84744"]I agree with this general logic. (Though I might quibble about "exclusive": some dies in the workshop might be intended to represent Alexander, while others not - so a preponderance that couldn't be explained by chance would be enough to demonstrate intentionality.) This is the reason why I doubt there are any lifetime issues intentionally engraved with the features of Alexander. However I do see lots of posthumous coins with the wide-eyed/heavy orbital look which is especially characteristic of the Lysimachus tets – which I think you're acknowledging as being intentionally Alex-like, [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER]? I don't know for sure whether this "look" I'm identifying is present on multiple dies from the same mint... I'd have to put in some work I'm not about to do at the moment. :D[/QUOTE]
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