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The one thing I do agree with Sap on is when you say that very few kings and emperors ruled long enough to see them visibly age on coins and many reigned in an era where the quality of the artwork on coins wasn't adequate enough to show aging. This is why I asked if anyone had any ideas on who else might be a good subject for age progression portraits in the first place. To Gil-galad I would like to say that although I have been an avid collector for a long time I never really learned to photograph coins. It is something I hope to learn to do in the near future. Perhaps some of the people on this site can help me with that.
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Caracalla works for this. My image here was made for another purpose and does not have the youngest style but you get the idea. Caracalla did not live to an old age but there are a lot of variations in the boyhood years.  |
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Well done Dougsmit. I believe Caracalla's reign lasted about 20 years. Long enough to see an age progression. I like the antoninianus at the end. The denomination was first introduced by him close to the end of his reign about 214 or 215 AD
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As far as taking photographs. Scanners work well and so does a good webcam, either way as a low cost solution. Of course you won't get all these high end features.
In a scanner is very simple, for the most part.
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Much of the "aging" seen on Roman coins is synthetic. Between Hadrian and Constantine, the beard became kind of a badge of seniority; caesars were almost always beardless, while the senior emperor was usually bearded. Once the tradition started, many emperors who did not usually sport a beard were portrayed bearded anyway. Hatshepset, as pharaoh of Egypt, wore a beard even though she was a woman.  |
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Hatshepset, as pharaoh of Egypt, wore a beard even though she was a woman I'll bet SHE was a real knockout.  |
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Was that only on the coins or in real life? lol
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I have a pretty good run of portraits for these rulers over their lifetimes:
Charles XI of Sweden
Louis XIV of France
Louis XV of France
Victoria of Great Britain
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Bedrock of the Community
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The aging of Caracalla on coins is very interesting--glad I saw that!  |
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I've taken home a few Cleopatras in my time only to wake up with Hatshepsets  Funny how beer goggles can do that  Edited by bobbyhelmet
01/22/2012 10:57 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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 At least you didn't end up with coins on your eyes. |
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Although Maxentius only ruled for 6yrs, I thought the age differences of these portraits is interesting. Photos from Vcoins    |
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I'll bet SHE was a real knockout. Well, it was a ceremonial, false beard. According to Wikipedia, it was "a metal false beard, or postiche, which was a sign of sovereignty, was worn by queens, kings and sometimes cows." The idea of a bearded cow certainly reminds me of my own beer goggle incidents. |
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The idea of a bearded cow certainly reminds me of my own beer goggle incidents I'm from West Virginia and I can tell you that after a night out with a jug of corn squeezin's, I've seen some bearded cows, deer, horses, etc. |
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They're all corn fed over there. lol
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Posted 01/22/2012 8:34 pm
