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<p>[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 7552847, member: 84047"]Dear [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER], Very nice write up, as always– thank you! It’s not for nothing that Classicists refer to the 4th c. onward as the “Dominate”. The Dominus Noster titulature was to have a long run, from the early 4th to the middle 8th century. The last time it appears on eastern Roman coinage is during the reign of that irrepressible iconoclast Constantine V, 714-775. Below is a follis where it appears, although it is not clear in the photo and the letter “N” is missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine V Copronymus. 741-775. Constantinople, 741-?. Æ Follis, 4.20 gr. 20.5 mm. 11h </p><p>Obv: D[N] CON – SτAN. Facing bust, wearing crown with cross, holding in right hand, a globus cruciger and in left, an akakia.</p><p>Rev: Large M between X/X/X/ and N/N/N; cross above; Beneath, B.</p><p>References: Sear 1555; DO 6b </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302912[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A solidus of his only slightly less virulent image breaker father Leo III displays the DN a little more clearly, although the initial Latin D has transformed into a Greek δ.</p><p>LEO III, with Constantine V. 717-741 AD. Constantinople, 720. AV Solidus, 4.44 gr. 21 mm. 6h</p><p>Obv: δND [L]EO - N PA MUL•. Facing bust of Leo, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger and akakia.</p><p>Rev: δN CONSτ - ANτINUS M θ Similar bust of Constantine, but smaller and beardless.</p><p>References: Sear 1504; DO 3 var. (officina). Berk 216 (this coin); Ex Sotheby’s 11/2/98, lot 389.</p><p>In DOC III, 1, p. 229, Grierson discusses the expansion possibilities of the first 3 letters of the obverse legend δND, with δ(omino) N(ostr)O or a shorter δ(omi)NO [the third letter, D, being an alternate form of O] being equally acceptable.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302913[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Voulgaroktonou, post: 7552847, member: 84047"]Dear [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER], Very nice write up, as always– thank you! It’s not for nothing that Classicists refer to the 4th c. onward as the “Dominate”. The Dominus Noster titulature was to have a long run, from the early 4th to the middle 8th century. The last time it appears on eastern Roman coinage is during the reign of that irrepressible iconoclast Constantine V, 714-775. Below is a follis where it appears, although it is not clear in the photo and the letter “N” is missing. Constantine V Copronymus. 741-775. Constantinople, 741-?. Æ Follis, 4.20 gr. 20.5 mm. 11h Obv: D[N] CON – SτAN. Facing bust, wearing crown with cross, holding in right hand, a globus cruciger and in left, an akakia. Rev: Large M between X/X/X/ and N/N/N; cross above; Beneath, B. References: Sear 1555; DO 6b [ATTACH=full]1302912[/ATTACH] A solidus of his only slightly less virulent image breaker father Leo III displays the DN a little more clearly, although the initial Latin D has transformed into a Greek δ. LEO III, with Constantine V. 717-741 AD. Constantinople, 720. AV Solidus, 4.44 gr. 21 mm. 6h Obv: δND [L]EO - N PA MUL•. Facing bust of Leo, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger and akakia. Rev: δN CONSτ - ANτINUS M θ Similar bust of Constantine, but smaller and beardless. References: Sear 1504; DO 3 var. (officina). Berk 216 (this coin); Ex Sotheby’s 11/2/98, lot 389. In DOC III, 1, p. 229, Grierson discusses the expansion possibilities of the first 3 letters of the obverse legend δND, with δ(omino) N(ostr)O or a shorter δ(omi)NO [the third letter, D, being an alternate form of O] being equally acceptable. [ATTACH=full]1302913[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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