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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2363952, member: 19463&quot;]Mine is similar with a smaller helmet making room for a larger finial.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]482555[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d need to research it more but equating&nbsp; AYTOKPATOP with IMPERATOR does not strike me.&nbsp; Auto means self and krator means ruler so autokrator would be the term for a top level, answers to no one, ruler - a self made man responsible for his own position.&nbsp; This would be most appropriate for a usurper who defeated a hereditary king.&nbsp; Imperator was awarded to generals who achieved success but who still answered to the state or emperor (then called Augustus).&nbsp; Yes, we get the word emperor from imperator but the original meaning of that word was closer to generalissimo. </p><p><br /></p><p>Should we note that portraits of this ruler show hair uncombed or, perhaps, &#039;helmet head&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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