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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7464537, member: 110350"]Here's one I've posted recently, an ADVENTVS coin with a reverse showing Hadrian being greeted by Roma upon his return to Rome. You can sort of see that Hadrian has mildly bushy hair and a little beard:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293055[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a Gordian III with a reverse showing the young emperor on a horse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293056[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here are a couple of examples of the common later Roman reverse theme of Jupiter handing Victory on a globe to the emperor. In both cases, Jupiter stands left holding a long scepter, and the emperor stands right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Carus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293058[/ATTACH]</p><p>Diocletian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293060[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add: I forgot this one, with a reverse showing a horned Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from a patera over a lit tripod altar:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293061[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7464537, member: 110350"]Here's one I've posted recently, an ADVENTVS coin with a reverse showing Hadrian being greeted by Roma upon his return to Rome. You can sort of see that Hadrian has mildly bushy hair and a little beard: [ATTACH=full]1293055[/ATTACH] Here's a Gordian III with a reverse showing the young emperor on a horse: [ATTACH=full]1293056[/ATTACH] And here are a couple of examples of the common later Roman reverse theme of Jupiter handing Victory on a globe to the emperor. In both cases, Jupiter stands left holding a long scepter, and the emperor stands right. Carus: [ATTACH=full]1293058[/ATTACH] Diocletian: [ATTACH=full]1293060[/ATTACH] Edited to add: I forgot this one, with a reverse showing a horned Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from a patera over a lit tripod altar: [ATTACH=full]1293061[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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