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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3431657, member: 75937&quot;]I came across an <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4166441" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4166441" rel="nofollow">interesting article</a> in an art history journal about a sculpted head that had originally been part of a larger sculpture in antiquity. It features a Roman woman wearing her hair in a <i>Scheitelzopf</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]911047[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As the article* explains, the <i>Scheitelzopf</i> is a coiffure &quot;in which a broad plait composed of many strands or braids is folded over and the nape and is brought forward&quot; toward or over the top of the head. </p><p><br /></p><p>The article makes mention of coin portraits: &quot;The <i>Scheitelzopf</i> made its first tentative appearance in the Severan period (A.D. 193-235) on the coin portraits of Plautilla (A.D. 202-205) and Julia Paula (A.D. 218-222).&quot; Here are representative coins from my own collection to illustrate. Note the similarity of the coin portraits to the sculpture above. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]911079[/ATTACH]</p><p>Plautilla, AD 202-205.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 3.56 g, 19.2 mm, 1 h. </p><p>Laodicea, AD 202. </p><p>Obv: PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, bare-headed and draped bust right. </p><p>Rev: CONCORDIAE, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 370; BMCRE 734, Cohen 7; RCV 7067; CRE 426.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]911080[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Paula, AD 218-222.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.31 g 19.2 mm.</p><p>Rome (some attribute to Antioch), AD 219.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA PAVLA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VENVS GENETRIX, Venus enthroned l., holding apple and scepter.</p><p>RIC 222; Sear 7658; BMC 177; Cohen 21.</p><p><br /></p><p>The article continues, &quot;Later, it was employed for portraits of Tranquillina (A.D. 238-244) and Etruscilla (A.D. 249-251).&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]911084[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tranquillina AD 241-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 24.1 mm, 8.06 g.</p><p>Thrace, Deultum, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: COL FL PAC DEVLT, Marsyas as Silenus facing right, carrying wine skin over left shoulder and raising right arm.</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 3757; Youroukova 425, 4/II; cf. SNG Cop 549.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]911086[/ATTACH] </p><p>Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-253.</p><p>Roman Æ sestertius, 10.53 g, 28.1 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 250.</p><p>Obv: HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, hair smooth and with a long plait carried up the back of the head.</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA AVG SC, Pudicitia veiled, seated left, with scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 136b; Cohen 22; RCV 9505; Hunter 16.</p><p><br /></p><p>The article continues, noting that &quot;in the course of the third century, especially during the Tetrarchy, the <i>Scheitelzopf</i> became more common and grew longer, the plait sometimes making a thick fold over the top of the head&quot; as seen in portraits of Helena.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]911098[/ATTACH] </p><p>Helena, Augusta AD 324-329.</p><p>Roman billon Æ 3 centenionalis, 2.97 g, 18.3 mm.</p><p>Nicomedia, AD 325-326.</p><p>Obv: FL HELENA AVG, diademed and mantled bust right with necklace.</p><p>Rev: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch, raising robe with right hand; ΝΜΓ in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 129; RCV 16620; LRBC-I 1100; Cohen 12.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post anything you feel is relevant! </p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>*Fikret K. Yegül, A Roman Lady from a Southern California Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, Vol. 9 (1981), pp. 63-68.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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