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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3246025, member: 98035&quot;]That&#039;s a sharp Vespasian!</p><p><br /></p><p>My original vision for my Roman set was to snag the best portrait I could afford of each emperor, even settling for &quot;problem&quot; coins. I grew quickly dissatisfied with that approach, but a good portrait is still my #1 priority.</p><p><br /></p><p>My all-time favorite portrait, a snarling Caracalla:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850830[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some other honorable mentions:</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the best Quintillus bronzes I&#039;ve seen</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850831[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A scholarly, aged Marcus Aurelius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850832[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A sharp, lifelike Trajan</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850833[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus I showing his painful affliction</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850835[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>His Lardness</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850836[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And some nice non-Roman portraiture</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite archaic from Ionia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850837[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Unattributable Cilician obol, possibly showing Artaxerxes III</p><p>[ATTACH=full]850838[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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