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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3098475, member: 85693"]Thank you all for your nice comments. I've really been enjoying the background research on this one. </p><p><br /></p><p>Richard Baker has some information on why Galba (and Vindex) countermarks tended to deface Nero's face, while Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian tended not to: </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">From: "<b>THE COUNTERMARKS FOUND ON ANCIENT ROMAN COINS: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION</b></font></p><p><font size="4">Richard Baker</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">It is worth noting here that only upon the coins countermarked by the followers of Vindex or </font><a href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/galba.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/galba.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Galba</font></a><font size="4"> did they strike upon the features of </font><a href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Nero</font></a><font size="4"> deliberately to deface his portrait. This was because both Vindex and </font><a href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/galba.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/galba.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Galba</font></a><font size="4"> were in revolt against </font><a href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Nero</font></a><font size="4">, whereas when Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian revolted, </font><a href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Nero</font></a><font size="4"> was already dead. Ostensibly these last three named were not in revolt against </font><a href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Nero</font></a><font size="4">, only against his hated "usurpers" of power. By pairing their monograms next to the still visible portrait of </font><a href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Nero</font></a><font size="4"> they were in effect trying to create that "visual" link with the legitimate, but now extinct, Julio/Claudian dynasty."</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><b><a href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/baker2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/baker2.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/baker2.html</font></a></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3098475, member: 85693"]Thank you all for your nice comments. I've really been enjoying the background research on this one. Richard Baker has some information on why Galba (and Vindex) countermarks tended to deface Nero's face, while Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian tended not to: [SIZE=4]From: "[B]THE COUNTERMARKS FOUND ON ANCIENT ROMAN COINS: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION[/B] Richard Baker It is worth noting here that only upon the coins countermarked by the followers of Vindex or [/SIZE][URL='http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/galba.html'][SIZE=4]Galba[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4] did they strike upon the features of [/SIZE][URL='http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html'][SIZE=4]Nero[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4] deliberately to deface his portrait. This was because both Vindex and [/SIZE][URL='http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/galba.html'][SIZE=4]Galba[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4] were in revolt against [/SIZE][URL='http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html'][SIZE=4]Nero[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4], whereas when Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian revolted, [/SIZE][URL='http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html'][SIZE=4]Nero[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4] was already dead. Ostensibly these last three named were not in revolt against [/SIZE][URL='http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html'][SIZE=4]Nero[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4], only against his hated "usurpers" of power. By pairing their monograms next to the still visible portrait of [/SIZE][URL='http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/nero.html'][SIZE=4]Nero[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4] they were in effect trying to create that "visual" link with the legitimate, but now extinct, Julio/Claudian dynasty." [/SIZE] [B][URL='http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/baker2.html'][SIZE=4]http://www.accla.org/actaaccla/baker2.html[/SIZE][/URL][/B][/QUOTE]
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