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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3533764, member: 84744"]Those Sear 518's are wonderfully awful! My previous worst portrait was a Nikomedia Maurice:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]939028[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But it has now been outdone by my new Phocas pentanummium, which must surely be a challenger for the worse portrait ever (reverse [seller's] photo upside down):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]939031[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Pace</i> [USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER], this is definitely a case of lack of talent! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Rather than, say, a sophisticated impressionist interpretation of Lowly Worm...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]939029[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Those are direct portrait coins. If we're including copies of copies of copies of... like [USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER]'s, my choice would be the Taman Goth (?) interpretation of a 2nd century Roman portrait. That's on the obverse in case it wasn't obvious. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]939039[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3533764, member: 84744"]Those Sear 518's are wonderfully awful! My previous worst portrait was a Nikomedia Maurice: [ATTACH=full]939028[/ATTACH] But it has now been outdone by my new Phocas pentanummium, which must surely be a challenger for the worse portrait ever (reverse [seller's] photo upside down): [ATTACH=full]939031[/ATTACH] [I]Pace[/I] [USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER], this is definitely a case of lack of talent! :D Rather than, say, a sophisticated impressionist interpretation of Lowly Worm... [ATTACH=full]939029[/ATTACH] Those are direct portrait coins. If we're including copies of copies of copies of... like [USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER]'s, my choice would be the Taman Goth (?) interpretation of a 2nd century Roman portrait. That's on the obverse in case it wasn't obvious. :D [ATTACH=full]939039[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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