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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3432446, member: 98035&quot;]Here&#039;s the question... how about terminal Roman / Early Byzantine coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]911296[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian I AV Solidus</p><p>VICTORIA AVGGG Delta / CONOB</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though there were times that there was a &quot;third&quot; Augustus (Constantius III), I believe the last time that the East ever recognized three emperors was until the death of Arcadius. So why were three G&#039;s used on so many gold coins of the East? Did it evolve to have a different meaning, or were Byzantine celatores starting to forget Latin in favor of Greek, and more than a little rusty in their grammar?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another odd one are the late coins of Tetricus I:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]911308[/ATTACH] </p><p>HILARITAS AVGG would suggest two emperors, but the evidence that Tetricus II was ever promoted beyond Caesar is dubious at best - a scarce set of barbarous coins, and one or two that *might* have been official. Perhaps he was trying to recognize Aurelian as a last ditch attempt to spare his life?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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