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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3255302, member: 44316"]Some collectors think the tetrarchs look a lot alike, and sometimes that is true. But, sometimes they can be easily distinguished. Can you tell which one this is?</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]855132[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Most features of the portrait are not very distinctive. But one feature is. Which one?</p><p><br /></p><p>[Discussed further below to give you a chance to think first.]</p><p><br /></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]855134[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius I, AD 293-305-306, struck as Caesar at Alexandria, c. 302-3.</p><p>FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right with <b>curls in his beard</b></p><p>GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing with patera and cornucopia</p><p>S to left, A/P to right, ALE in exergue.</p><p>RIC VI Alexandria 35a. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes the tetrarchs look a lot alike, but only Constantius has curls in his beard. </p><p><br /></p><p>Show us a Constantius with curls in his beard, or some other tetrarch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3255302, member: 44316"]Some collectors think the tetrarchs look a lot alike, and sometimes that is true. But, sometimes they can be easily distinguished. Can you tell which one this is? [ATTACH=full]855132[/ATTACH] Most features of the portrait are not very distinctive. But one feature is. Which one? [Discussed further below to give you a chance to think first.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ATTACH=full]855134[/ATTACH] Constantius I, AD 293-305-306, struck as Caesar at Alexandria, c. 302-3. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right with [B]curls in his beard[/B] GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing with patera and cornucopia S to left, A/P to right, ALE in exergue. RIC VI Alexandria 35a. Sometimes the tetrarchs look a lot alike, but only Constantius has curls in his beard. Show us a Constantius with curls in his beard, or some other tetrarch.[/QUOTE]
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