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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4321153, member: 85693"]I seem to recall reading somewhere that pre-Hadrian coins with the emperor unshaven was a sign of mourning. For Titus, this would be the death of his father Vespasian, maybe? This fits with the dates of some of the coins posted above, but not the OP. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Octavian - not quite a neckbeard, but working on some un-Augustan sideburns. From what I dimly recall researching this coin (which I got in 1994, so this was a while back) was that here Octavian is shown in mourning for Julius Caesar (although he'd been assassinated a couple years before). Maybe he was just doing some adolescent rock n' roll experimentation? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097952[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Imperatorial Denarius </b></p><p><b>Octavian / Q Salvius, moneyer</b></p><p><b>(40 B.C.) </b></p><p><b>Military Mint in Italy</b></p><p>C CAESA[R III] V<i>R R P C, bare head of Octavian right, / Q SALV<i>VS IMP COS</i></i></p><p><i><i>D[ESIG], around thunderbolt.</i></i></p><p><i><i>Crawford 523/1a;</i></i></p><p><i><i>Sydenham 1326b.</i></i></p><p><i><i>(3.58 grams / 18 mm)</i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4321153, member: 85693"]I seem to recall reading somewhere that pre-Hadrian coins with the emperor unshaven was a sign of mourning. For Titus, this would be the death of his father Vespasian, maybe? This fits with the dates of some of the coins posted above, but not the OP. Here is Octavian - not quite a neckbeard, but working on some un-Augustan sideburns. From what I dimly recall researching this coin (which I got in 1994, so this was a while back) was that here Octavian is shown in mourning for Julius Caesar (although he'd been assassinated a couple years before). Maybe he was just doing some adolescent rock n' roll experimentation? [ATTACH=full]1097952[/ATTACH] [B]Roman Imperatorial Denarius Octavian / Q Salvius, moneyer (40 B.C.) Military Mint in Italy[/B] C CAESA[R III] V[I]R R P C, bare head of Octavian right, / Q SALV[I]VS IMP COS D[ESIG], around thunderbolt. Crawford 523/1a; Sydenham 1326b. (3.58 grams / 18 mm)[/I][/I][/QUOTE]
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