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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4695947, member: 75143"]My research seems to indicate that along with strengthening the antoninianus, Aurelian also had a massive shift in portraiture style that coincided with the reform.</p><p><br /></p><p>These two coins from [USER=95247]@tenbobbit[/USER] show it best:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154212[/ATTACH] </p><p>The pre-reform coin features a bust that looks rather similar to Claudius II and Quintillus, what with the strong jaw and cheekbones.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154213[/ATTACH] </p><p>And then all of a sudden, all future Aurelian coins feature an insane giraffe-neck that looks so strange in context. </p><p><br /></p><p>The neck gets even <i>longer</i>, as shown by this one I found on Wildwinds.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154216[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Why would Aurelian be game with this insane game of neck-stretching? I can't imagine any emperor looking at the giraffe-necked prototype and saying "you know, I think that giraffe is my spirit animal and captures my likeness very well."</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is historical footage of Long Neck Aurelian with his buddy, Wide Neck Licinius</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]kH00Kms0eC0[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4695947, member: 75143"]My research seems to indicate that along with strengthening the antoninianus, Aurelian also had a massive shift in portraiture style that coincided with the reform. These two coins from [USER=95247]@tenbobbit[/USER] show it best: [ATTACH=full]1154212[/ATTACH] The pre-reform coin features a bust that looks rather similar to Claudius II and Quintillus, what with the strong jaw and cheekbones. [ATTACH=full]1154213[/ATTACH] And then all of a sudden, all future Aurelian coins feature an insane giraffe-neck that looks so strange in context. The neck gets even [I]longer[/I], as shown by this one I found on Wildwinds. [ATTACH=full]1154216[/ATTACH] Why would Aurelian be game with this insane game of neck-stretching? I can't imagine any emperor looking at the giraffe-necked prototype and saying "you know, I think that giraffe is my spirit animal and captures my likeness very well." Here is historical footage of Long Neck Aurelian with his buddy, Wide Neck Licinius [MEDIA=youtube]kH00Kms0eC0[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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