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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2834104, member: 82616&quot;]*Forgive the obvious &#039;clickbait&#039; nature of the thread title.* My latest acquisition has me wondering why Flavian engravers often depicted Julia Titi with the facial features of Titus or Domitian Caesar? Undoubtedly the mint workers had adequate portrait busts of the young princess available, but yet they consistently turned out portraits of her that look more like Titus donning a wig. Flavian women figured rarely on the coinage, perhaps the engravers were out of practice depicting feminine portraits and took the lazy way out?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]668730[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Julia Titi</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.09g</p><p>Rome mint, 80-81 AD</p><p>RIC T388 (C2), BMC T142, RSC 14</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVGVSTI F; Bust of Julia Titi, draped and diademed, r., hair in long plait</p><p>Rev: VENVS AVGVST; Venus stg. r., leaning on column, with helmet and spear</p><p>Acquired from Aegean Numismatics, August 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the most &#039;common&#039; variant of Julia Titi&#039;s Venus denarii. However, I think RIC&#039;s frequency rating of &#039;C2&#039; overstates the case. The same reverse type is shared with Titus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your lady looks like a dude coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]AqNEZ_QgvI4[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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