rasiel Posted March 7 · Member Share Posted March 7 I'm not very creative when it comes to starting threads - and forgive me if this is eye-rollingly passé - but how about samples of coins in your collection showing the similarity or dissimilarity of family members through portraiture? Like parents and their kids or maybe siblings (but obviously not married couples (unless incest?! lol). Also, would need to be pre-Diocletian reform by necessity since that was the end of realistic renditions. My collection is still pretty threadbare but here's my entry: young Philly jr. and his mom Otacilia. Maybe the engravers didn't do a great job or maybe it's just my lack of imagination but am struggling to see the resemblance. Was he adopted? 😅 Rasiel 23 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Germanicus Posted March 7 · Member Share Posted March 7 Here are my (ex-) Sestertii of Maximinus Thrax, his wife Paulina, and their son Maximus. Note how the deified Paulina´s portrait was modelled after that of her husband, as the celators at Rome seemingly had no statues available of the deceased wife of a soldier far away in Germania. 17 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted March 7 · Member Share Posted March 7 Little known fact: the goddess Victoria was actually Carausius' sister. The resemblance is remarkable! Not my coin - ex. Triton XXVII # 888. 8 4 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 7 · Supporter Share Posted March 7 (edited) Though not the most detailed examples, here you can see that the hawk nosed, squinty faced apple, Julia Titi, didn't fall far from the Titus tree: Edited March 7 by Ryro 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 7 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 7 (edited) How about Julia Domna and her sister Julia Maesa? A family resemblance? Julia Domna: Julia Maesa: And how about Julia Maesa and her daughters, Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea? Perhaps with the first, but not the second, judging from the coins I have. Julia Soaemias: Julia Mamaea: Edited March 7 by DonnaML 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughie Dwyer Posted March 7 · Member Share Posted March 7 Nice idea for a thread! What about Geta and Caracalla? I would say that they definitely look most alike as Caesar. As Augustus, the resemblance is not so obvious: 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_collector Posted March 8 · Member Share Posted March 8 Nice thread, @rasiel. Here is a small coin set of Faustina Senior, Faustina Junior and Lucilla. 🙂 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 8 · Patron Share Posted March 8 Is Severina just Aurelian in Drag? 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasiel Posted March 9 · Member Author Share Posted March 9 20 hours ago, Roman Collector said: Is Severina just Aurelian in Drag? Yes 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 9 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 9 25 minutes ago, rasiel said: Yes 😅 I think she looks much less like her husband's twin on this denarius. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salomons Cat Posted March 10 · Member Share Posted March 10 Elagabalus doesn't even look like he's related to himself 🤔 Julia Mamaea and Severus Alexander also look a bit different from each other. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 10 · Supporter Share Posted March 10 A family group, the brothers are similar but both don´t resemble their Father. More their Mother 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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