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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7947363, member: 84905&quot;]It was the emperor&#039;s prerogative that only his name and his portrait should appear on gold coins. Theoderic largely observed this imperial prerogative, especially after the imperial recognition of AD 497. The titles and insignia, which the emperor bestowed on him were significant, but had no practical purpose. Hence, Theoderic ruled entirely independently from the East Roman emperor and also issued his coins indepently, but in the name of the emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, Theoderic and Gundobad partially infringed on the imperial prerogative when temporarily adding their monograms to gold coins. A further break with the imperial prerogative came with Totila-Baduila, who replaced the name of the ruling emperor Justinian with that of Anastasius. However, a complete break with the imperial prerogative came only with the Frankish-Merovingian king Theoderbert, who issued Solidi and Tremisses in his own name. He also wrote a letter to Justinianian, claiming that he regarded himself of equal rank to the emperor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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