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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3534974, member: 44316&quot;]I think the Kingdom of the Bosporus has a claim to bad portraits. Here&#039;s one from Thothorses (285-308)/ The coin is dated explicitly below the bust on the other side, 296/7. That means the man on the other side is a Roman ruler at the time--but who?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]939553[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is MacDonald 644/2. </p><p><br /></p><p>Because coins from the Kingdom of the Bosporus are dated we can identify the Roman emperor if there was only one emperor at that date. But in 296/7 the first tetrarchy was in power and, absent an identifying legend, we can not be sure which Roman it is. I don&#039;t think the portrait is good enough to help![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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