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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4420590, member: 19463"]It is not at all unusual for the first issues for a junior/female member of the Imperial family to be issued with dative legends "in the name of/for" rather that the standard nominative. The most unusual of this sort of thing was the Trajan coins marked in the dative 'TRAIANO' even though he was fully and without question the emperor.</p><p>Trajan as TRAIANO:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The young Commodus, just made Caesar, was introduced to the public in the Dative 'COMMODO'. In case anyone wondered, the legend included AVG FIL (filius = son). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108609[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not unusual for a Roman in power to delay taking some of his many titles for just a while rather like someone shuffling his feet and saying, "Aw, shucks." The old days of the Republic were long gone but making it appear that you were humbled by all those honors was still in style. Today we hear some politicians still saying how honored they are to be entrusted with the great office they are undertaking even though they just finished a knock down, drag out fight with opponents where no one admitted there was anyone for the job except for themselves. Coins were propaganda. They lacked TV ads back then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4420590, member: 19463"]It is not at all unusual for the first issues for a junior/female member of the Imperial family to be issued with dative legends "in the name of/for" rather that the standard nominative. The most unusual of this sort of thing was the Trajan coins marked in the dative 'TRAIANO' even though he was fully and without question the emperor. Trajan as TRAIANO: [ATTACH=full]1108608[/ATTACH] The young Commodus, just made Caesar, was introduced to the public in the Dative 'COMMODO'. In case anyone wondered, the legend included AVG FIL (filius = son). [ATTACH=full]1108609[/ATTACH] It is not unusual for a Roman in power to delay taking some of his many titles for just a while rather like someone shuffling his feet and saying, "Aw, shucks." The old days of the Republic were long gone but making it appear that you were humbled by all those honors was still in style. Today we hear some politicians still saying how honored they are to be entrusted with the great office they are undertaking even though they just finished a knock down, drag out fight with opponents where no one admitted there was anyone for the job except for themselves. Coins were propaganda. They lacked TV ads back then.[/QUOTE]
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