rasiel Posted March 7 · Member 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
Julius Germanicus Posted March 7 · Member 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. 18 5 Quote
Heliodromus Posted March 7 · Member Posted March 7 Little known fact: the goddess Victoria was actually Carausius' sister. The resemblance is remarkable! Not my coin - ex. Triton XXVII # 888. 9 4 1 9 1 Quote
Ryro Posted March 7 · Supporter 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
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 7 · Benefactor Benefactor 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
Hughie Dwyer Posted March 7 · Member 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: 16 Quote
happy_collector Posted March 8 · Member Posted March 8 Nice thread, @rasiel. Here is a small coin set of Faustina Senior, Faustina Junior and Lucilla. 🙂 12 2 Quote
rasiel Posted March 9 · Member Author Posted March 9 20 hours ago, Roman Collector said: Is Severina just Aurelian in Drag? Yes 😅 Quote
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 9 · Benefactor Benefactor 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
Salomons Cat Posted March 10 · Member 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
expat Posted March 10 · Supporter Posted March 10 A family group, the brothers are similar but both don´t resemble their Father. More their Mother 9 Quote
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