Biometric Portraits of Emperors on the Roman Coins

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Research , Other literature type 01 Jan 2018 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3234701 , 10.5281/zenodo.1400577 , 10.5281/zenodo.1400576

Biometric Portraits of Emperors on the Roman Coins

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Abstract

Here we want to show that the Romans used some biometric measurements when they struck the portraits of their Emperors on coins. That is, the Roman coins were made considering some measurements to give a truthful portrait of the Roman leaders.

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Polytechnic University of Turin
Italy

Keywords

Pantelleria heads, Marcus Aurelius, Julius Caesar, Portraitures of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Titus, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Tiberius, Caligula, Augustus, Coins, Titus, Trajan

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