The monarchs, conquerors, and historical figures whose likenesses appeared on currency.
The Macedonian king who popularized idealized royal portraits across the conquered world.
The Roman dictator who broke tradition by placing his living face onto republican denarii.
The British monarch portrayed over sixty years, from the Young Head to the Old Head.
Coins charting the French leader's transformation from revolutionary consul to crowned emperor.
Carefully crafted coinage portraits designed to project youthful stability across Rome.
English gold and silver coins that reflected the king's mid-reign debasement of silver.
The most widely portrayed monarch in history, appearing on currency across the Commonwealth.
Ptolemaic coins depicting the famous Egyptian queen with a sharp profile and royal diadem.
Emperor Augustus ruled Rome until his death at age seventy-five, yet the coins in everyday pockets showed an unlined, eternally youthful face. Here is why the first emperor chose never to grow old on his currency.
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