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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 8066904, member: 95174"]A movement/philosophy that started in the pre Roman times ( Plotinus 250 BC ) was Spiritualism, basically it changed art and how portraits on coinage were done. The concept in its simplest form is "<b><u>Real beauty is in the soul and the body merely disrupts the perception of that beauty</u></b>". Art became extremely abstract. You will see the evolution of this concept throughout the coinage in the empire, its highlight is the abstract portraits of Christ in the 14th and 15th century. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398587[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My point is I doubt if the portraits of Justinian were literal, the art movement on coinage was just starting, but I do not think they would show defects of any type. </p><p><br /></p><p>One coin I have always sought, is a Roman issue Justinian AE20 with a perfect Roman Imperial type portrait.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 8066904, member: 95174"]A movement/philosophy that started in the pre Roman times ( Plotinus 250 BC ) was Spiritualism, basically it changed art and how portraits on coinage were done. The concept in its simplest form is "[B][U]Real beauty is in the soul and the body merely disrupts the perception of that beauty[/U][/B]". Art became extremely abstract. You will see the evolution of this concept throughout the coinage in the empire, its highlight is the abstract portraits of Christ in the 14th and 15th century. [ATTACH=full]1398587[/ATTACH] My point is I doubt if the portraits of Justinian were literal, the art movement on coinage was just starting, but I do not think they would show defects of any type. One coin I have always sought, is a Roman issue Justinian AE20 with a perfect Roman Imperial type portrait.[/QUOTE]
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