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<p>[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 5407227, member: 83956"]I'd like to return to this helpful thread--one of a couple on the FIL AVGG designation. James, Warren, and others have helpfully explained the context for this short-lived title, as well as why some titles are FIL AVG and some FIL AVGG.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question concerns why the Genius of the Caesars would be honored on a coin (like those of Doug above) whose obverse has implicitly rejected, upgraded, or otherwise replaced the title of <i>Caesar</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some FIL AVGG reverses (e.g., RIC VI Siscia 200b) read GENIO AVGUSTI, thereby honoring the Genius of the Augustus. Others (e.g., RIC VI Thessalonica 32b and RIC VI Alexandria 99b) read GENIO CAESARIS, honoring the Genius of the Caesar. But with Galerius designating both Constantine and Maximinus Daia as <i>Filii Augusti (or Augustorum--is the augustus to be pluralized too?) </i>rather than <i>Caesares</i>, <span style="color: #ff0000">it seems incongruous to honor the Genius of the Caesars on a coin that no longer utilizes that title. Perhaps the FIL AVGG coin with the GENIO CAESARIS reverse indicates that the designations of <i>Caesar</i> and <i>Filius Augustorum</i> were not to be mutually exclusive</span>; with this thinking, the <i>Filii Augustorum</i> were still very much Caesars, but were “super-Caesars,” given their familial connections and esteem in the eyes of Galerius. Thoughts?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my hideous Constantine FIL AVG celebrating the Genius of the Caesar.[ATTACH=full]1233982[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 5407227, member: 83956"]I'd like to return to this helpful thread--one of a couple on the FIL AVGG designation. James, Warren, and others have helpfully explained the context for this short-lived title, as well as why some titles are FIL AVG and some FIL AVGG. My question concerns why the Genius of the Caesars would be honored on a coin (like those of Doug above) whose obverse has implicitly rejected, upgraded, or otherwise replaced the title of [I]Caesar[/I]. Some FIL AVGG reverses (e.g., RIC VI Siscia 200b) read GENIO AVGUSTI, thereby honoring the Genius of the Augustus. Others (e.g., RIC VI Thessalonica 32b and RIC VI Alexandria 99b) read GENIO CAESARIS, honoring the Genius of the Caesar. But with Galerius designating both Constantine and Maximinus Daia as [I]Filii Augusti (or Augustorum--is the augustus to be pluralized too?) [/I]rather than [I]Caesares[/I], [COLOR=#ff0000]it seems incongruous to honor the Genius of the Caesars on a coin that no longer utilizes that title. Perhaps the FIL AVGG coin with the GENIO CAESARIS reverse indicates that the designations of [I]Caesar[/I] and [I]Filius Augustorum[/I] were not to be mutually exclusive[/COLOR]; with this thinking, the [I]Filii Augustorum[/I] were still very much Caesars, but were “super-Caesars,” given their familial connections and esteem in the eyes of Galerius. Thoughts? Here's my hideous Constantine FIL AVG celebrating the Genius of the Caesar.[ATTACH=full]1233982[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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