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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2861357, member: 82549&quot;]I&#039;ll start with some Constantines and then move on to a couple of other emperors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Helmeted. Generally unusual, but common for this reverse type:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/69.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>High crested helmet:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/72.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Helmeted, facing left (my avatar):</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/25.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>High-crested helmet, left:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/70.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bare headed:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/46.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Radiate bust:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/40.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is described as &quot;draped bust, left, holding globe, scepter and mappa,&quot; To me, it looks like he&#039;s holding an olive branch and a scepter. Perhaps the dot just above 6:00 is a globe?:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/61.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the above are unusual, but common for those particular reverse types.</p><p>Here&#039;s my favorite Constantine bust - laurate, cuirassed bust, right, wearing Spock ears:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Temp/Constantine86.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>and a close up of the Spock ears:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Temp/Constantine86ear.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a couple of other favorites:</p><p>Arcadius, with halo:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Temp/Arcadius12.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Claudius II (&quot;Gothicus&quot;), radiate bust, facing left:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Temp/ClaudiusII.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, radiate bust, left, with shield:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Temp/Gallienus8_RIC492.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, Theodosius II, 3/4 facing helmeted bust with shield, common on solidi, but less so on bronze:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Temp/TheodosiusII15.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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