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<p>[QUOTE="Trebellianus, post: 3018033, member: 91569"]A very thoughtful, considered post -- much obliged to you for writing it. A few comments:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I await being corrected but my understanding was that the gold pieces, owing to their value, simply didn't circulate so much, hence why the average state of preservation of the surviving specimens exceeds that of the silver.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A rather curious judgement, I think -- <i>de gustibus non est disputandum</i>, naturally, but I would take almost the exact inverse view. To me, the portraiture on the emissions of Hadrian was the last to be consistently good, considered purely <i>aesthetically</i> -- I feel from Antoninus Pius onwards one can detect traces of the stylisation and schematisation which were to become so prevalent later. The technical finesse held up for a while, but for me the artistry begins (in general, with many exceptions) to decline. I agree Decius stands out among the Crisis-era emperors in this regard.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agreed entirely -- by the Severan era I feel like much of the better work was coming out of the provincial mints: lots of striking, artistic portraits and reverses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Trebellianus, post: 3018033, member: 91569"]A very thoughtful, considered post -- much obliged to you for writing it. A few comments: I await being corrected but my understanding was that the gold pieces, owing to their value, simply didn't circulate so much, hence why the average state of preservation of the surviving specimens exceeds that of the silver. A rather curious judgement, I think -- [I]de gustibus non est disputandum[/I], naturally, but I would take almost the exact inverse view. To me, the portraiture on the emissions of Hadrian was the last to be consistently good, considered purely [I]aesthetically[/I] -- I feel from Antoninus Pius onwards one can detect traces of the stylisation and schematisation which were to become so prevalent later. The technical finesse held up for a while, but for me the artistry begins (in general, with many exceptions) to decline. I agree Decius stands out among the Crisis-era emperors in this regard. Agreed entirely -- by the Severan era I feel like much of the better work was coming out of the provincial mints: lots of striking, artistic portraits and reverses.[/QUOTE]
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