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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1796382, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]290824[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A collection need some bigas and some Romas, just not all of the many moneyers that used the type.&nbsp; Since we want at least a few, why not pick a nicely drawn one like Pulcher who made &#039;pretty&#039; coins.&nbsp; I did, too.&nbsp; Considering the date of the coin and the date of the consulship, I strongly suspect this is the same man.&nbsp; Moneyer was a job for the entry level bureaucrat who hoped to go up through the ranks and be consul eventually.&nbsp; The math works here.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The name was Gaius but the standard abbreviation was C.&nbsp; Don&#039;t ask me why other than the fact that the language probably did not distinguish between C and G until after the abbreviation was standard.&nbsp; Also note that the third letter in the Greek alphabet was gamma so the Latin name was probably pronounced with a soft C not a guttural K like we often hear now.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our modern name Guy retains that pronunciation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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