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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3252293, member: 96898&quot;]Well, there are different reasons for buying a coin because of the portrait:</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this one, although it is a fourrée, because I found it expressive. It remains, and likely will remain, one of my favourite acquisitions of 2018:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]853661[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Artaxerxes II – Darius III, Achaemenid Empire, fourrée siglos, ca. 375–336 BC. Obv: Great King kneeling left, holding dagger and bow, three pellets on chest. Rev: irregular punch. 14.4mm, 4.92g. Ref: Carradice 1987, type IV C (prototype).</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this one because it is gorgeous and the portrait strongly resembles someone close to me:</p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]853662[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Faustina the Younger, Roman Empire, sestertius, ca. 161–164 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [F]AVSTINA AVGV[STA], diademed portrait right. Rev: IV[NONI] REGINAE, S-C, Iuno standing left with patera and sceptre, peacock left. 30mm, 27g. Ref: RIC III, 1651.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, I bought this one because it is so unusually and incredibly hideous. I mean, look at it. The eye. The nose. The mouth. The oversized cheek. Licinius junior truly looks like an alien who just had their wisdom teeth taken out. This portrait has crossed the line of ugliness where things start to once more become appealing. Something tells me that the engraver of this obverse die (a recent thread established his name to have been Kevin) might have been forced to think about alternative career paths soon after this was struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]853663[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Licinius II, Roman Empire, AE3, 317–320 AD, Antioch mint. Obv: DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate and draped bust left, holding mappa, globe, and sceptre. Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI CAESS, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, captive at feet left, delta in right field. 18mm, 2.82g. Ref: RIC VII, 29 delta. Ex Warren Esty.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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