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Posted 07/13/2008 11:06 am
The "emperors have beards between 117 and 320" rule has a few exceptions. Severus Alexander is one; Gordian III and Philip II are a couple of others (though the coins of Gordian and Philip normally have nice, clear, legible legends to help identify them).
All these emperors were children or in their early teens when they ascended the throne; a beard would have looked pretentious. Both Alexander and Gordian soon acquired the beard on their coinage, once they were of an age when a beard was biologically possible.
All these emperors were children or in their early teens when they ascended the throne; a beard would have looked pretentious. Both Alexander and Gordian soon acquired the beard on their coinage, once they were of an age when a beard was biologically possible.
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