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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3405205, member: 56859"]Seriously though, that OP coin really is exceptionally well rendered for the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fine style and such things are often what draw me to a coin. Some examples which fit the OP request:</p><p><br /></p><p>The facing portraits on these Syracusian tetras (and other facing portraits) are usually not very attractive. I've had this one for five years and am still smitten.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_850%25252Ch_436%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg%2526hash%253Db9f62059115bb22f55327542b4b324b3%26hash%3Deb89347ad6258907edcaa9fec7a47ee8&hash=33f169b317dea775f7e7eb81c2117594" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse. Dionyisos I</b></p><p>c. 390 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm</p><p>Obv: head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace</p><p>Rev: octopus</p><p>Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandrian tetradrachms are often crude but during the reign of Claudius II there was at least one very talented engraver. Look at the detail and realism on Tyche!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/alextetclaudiusiiyr3-900w-jpg.354341/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Claudius II tetradrachm, year 3, /Tyche standing left; Emmett 3896</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, this portrait is top-notch:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudiusgothicustet-eagle-jpg.891586/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Claudius II tetradrachm year 1, /eagle; Emmett 3878</p><p><br /></p><p>Both sides of this Lucilla are utterly charming and well-rendered (fine style):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Lucilla</b></p><p>Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm</p><p>Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side</p><p>Ref: RIC III 780[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3405205, member: 56859"]Seriously though, that OP coin really is exceptionally well rendered for the type. Fine style and such things are often what draw me to a coin. Some examples which fit the OP request: The facing portraits on these Syracusian tetras (and other facing portraits) are usually not very attractive. I've had this one for five years and am still smitten. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_850%25252Ch_436%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_90%25252Fae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg%2526hash%253Db9f62059115bb22f55327542b4b324b3%26hash%3Deb89347ad6258907edcaa9fec7a47ee8&hash=33f169b317dea775f7e7eb81c2117594[/IMG] [B]Sicily, Syracuse. Dionyisos I[/B] c. 390 BCE Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm Obv: head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace Rev: octopus Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385 Alexandrian tetradrachms are often crude but during the reign of Claudius II there was at least one very talented engraver. Look at the detail and realism on Tyche! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/alextetclaudiusiiyr3-900w-jpg.354341/[/IMG] Claudius II tetradrachm, year 3, /Tyche standing left; Emmett 3896 Similarly, this portrait is top-notch: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudiusgothicustet-eagle-jpg.891586/[/IMG] Claudius II tetradrachm year 1, /eagle; Emmett 3878 Both sides of this Lucilla are utterly charming and well-rendered (fine style): [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/[/IMG] [B]Lucilla[/B] Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side Ref: RIC III 780[/QUOTE]
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