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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2104929, member: 19463&quot;]Steve&#039;s sestertius is the 193AD version from Septimius.&nbsp; My example is just a bit more clear but really is not conclusive on the matter of the exposed breast.&nbsp; The same issue produced denarii of which I show four Rome mint examples.&nbsp; These have varied style and one seems clearly exposed while the others could be wearing an undergarmet.&nbsp; I believe all versions show Virtus, the female personification of manliness.&nbsp; Mars is often depicted nude but Virtus never is more than the one breast.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]396582[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]396583[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]396584[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]396585[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]396586[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Ocassionally you do see a standing figure which has enough facial detail that the intent obviously was a portrait.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never seen one of these less than fully dressed.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]396588[/ATTACH] </p><p>The 193 AD Rome coins really show a wide variety of styles for one mint over a few short months.&nbsp; Perhaps that is why I collect Rome mint from the early years as well as the Eastern mints.&nbsp; After the Emesa and Alexandia mints closed I find less of interest from Rome as well.&nbsp; Workmanship also falls off for a few years before the late period Severus Pivs Avg coins restored much of the workmanship but not my interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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