Ancient Coins: The Evolution of Roman Portraits

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Title	:	Ancient Coins: The Evolution of Roman Portraits
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I think that Nero might not have minded looking fatter Many people forget that being fat use to show to others that you had wealth I'm sure many senators and rich people who weren't in the military may have had some what of the same build
Comment from : christopher Evans

Very well presented and illustrated, avoiding both overgeneralization and pretensiousness Bravo!
Comment from : Jed Krantz

Great channel! Very informative! Thank you for your job!
Comment from : Tadevus Tadevus

My favorite emperor and his coinage is Julian II with his stunning Pagan beard I have a nearly uncirculated AE-1 On the reverse is a wonderful Mithraic bull When I was in highschool I starved for 4 years saving my lunch money, going to Coin Galleries where I made the acquaintance of a real scholar, George Weher, who came from Prague (Not long after his country was invaded and occupied by the Soviet Fascist Empire) The Russians reminded me of evil emperors such as Caracalla and Constantine (Who murdered his eldest son Crispus) br Ancient coins were very inexpensive in those days George was a heavy smoker, I begged him to quit and sadly, he passed away not many years after
Comment from : andrew Popper

I’m really fond for the spear over shoulder solidii, amazing design
Comment from : Apple

3:45 amazing portrait
Comment from : Burial

It slowly begins to look rushed the more the empire goes downhill
Comment from : SpaltonTAG

I have a theory that Nero just couldn't see what his coins looked like(He had terrible eyesight)
Comment from : Christus Regnet

Fantastic video matey 😃
Comment from : The Hammered Corner

Have a good day! Great!
Comment from : Andrei coinS

Portraits were good up until the 2nd century AD imo I especially love the portraits in Denarius during the Five Good Emporers Era
Comment from : TheHighTower

Love your content, keep up the good work 👍🏻
Comment from : Roman Ancient Coins

Where can one buy Roman coins and not worry about being sold fake coins?
Comment from : Bill Bauer

Please teach me your camera brI love it! ( clean recording)
Comment from : 인내

I've been watching your videos for several months now and they influenced me to start my own collection last month I was looking at your merch page and I thought it could be cool to have the obverse shrunk down over the pec and the obverse on the back of the shirt as it is currently I'd post a link to illustrate what I am saying, but I don't think Youtube will allow me I think the Caesar elephant denarius and Augustus victory denarius would both be really cool in that fashion
Comment from : Jared

Coins from the hyperinflation of the 3rd century are the easiest to obtain A site had a coin of Valentinian I for about $60, but after him the coins become much scarcer and more expensive A good coin of Nepos or Romulusgood luck
Comment from : dsm2240

Video well done and very interesting Thanks for the effort involved
Comment from : Dave Marks

I remember when I was in Rome last, I visited this one museum where they had an exhibition charting the coinage of Italy across 2,500 odd years, all the way up to the late 20th century (may even had the Euro, I don't recall) I found it mind blowing, there was hardly a decade missed Empire or not, the Italian spirit goes on, transcending any and all regimes
Comment from : Pio

So happy to have found your channel I’ve collected ancient coins for over 30 years, mostly republican denarius ThanksbrPs found you through the Told in Stone channel
Comment from : Keith Lightizer

Love all your content!! Great job!!
Comment from : Isabel

Fascinating video! It would be great to have another video continuing with Eastern Roman/Byzantine coins
Comment from : Olie T

This is coming at a particularly fascinating time, as I'm currently reading "Twelve Caesars" by Mary Beard, pretty much talking about this very thing Great to see another backing all this up
Comment from : Alexander Katz

I would love to see some of the coins of the last decades of the western Roman empire
Comment from : Abraxas

Is that a penis countermark on the Lepidus coin?
Comment from : Mark Petersen

You are good at explaining the cultural reasons the coins changed with each emperor Fascinating
Comment from : acertainshape

I absolutely love that you pick broad themes like this for your videos, it's so interesting
Comment from : Sasseverk

I do love the detail of the Caracalla portraits where you can see his little furrowed brow Trajan also has some lovely portraits
Comment from : TheJamie229

Excellent! The julio claudian busts are unbeatable for me
Comment from : Isabel

The portraits are definitely interesting I would say that the late Julio Claudian coinage and Flavian coinage have the best portraits Also, some provincial coins also have nice portraits The cistophorus or tetradrachms sometimes even have better style than the imperial coinage Another intriguing aspect of the coinage may be the fonts In the republican era, the text on the legends were somewhat rounded and had dots on the ends of the letter, this definitely shows some influence from greek coinage Later the font evolved to be more refined and sharp As the second estuary passes the style of coinage during the third century now have a distinct style of font, sharp but also quite thick and bold, finally, int the fourth and fifth century, the everyday coinage starts to really degrade, by the end of that, the coin legends can even appear to be illegible
Comment from : ꧁HRI:DG:REX:IMP꧂

Fascinating to see the evolution of portraiture of the centuries I'm currently adding to my early Byzantine collection, and it is interesting to see how each emperor chooses to present himself Thanks for another great video!!
Comment from : Don Klaser