Thank you for that, seriously I wAS LIkE ThErE IS No wAy tHIs bIG oF eRROR hAS NEVER been mentioned before. Very interesting choice of font. ♥
I see at least one claim for that online, but I'm pretty sure it was just the classical Roman styling. Same thing on the SLQ (along with 'E PLVRIBVS VNVM'), although of course military matters did factor into both designs.