Fascinating to see the realism of these portraits degrade toward the end of the empire....pic.twitter.com/wHOMHduxUQ
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Debasement and clumsy portraiture are correlated in the sense that political chaos tended to produce both. But I've seen decent portraits on 3 C. denarii that were practically all base metal, and clumsy ones on 6 C. solidi that were pure gold.
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The same degeneracy of style was obvious in sculpture. Notable parallels with the present.
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