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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 344713, member: 9204&quot;]As I stated in the attribution, the reverse depicts the Doge being handed the investiture banner by Christ. This symbolizes that the Doge is essentially being ordained, as you said, by Christ. Perhaps it is you that should read more carefully?</p><p><br /></p><p>No offense, but you seriously need to do some research before you post. While attributions to a diety may be difficult (even impossible) on earlier Roman Greek coins, there is no doubt among ANYONE (except maybe you?) that the nimbate figures on these Venetian and Byzantine coins are Christ. In fact, there are were official Byzantine documents stating that the figure is Christ. </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Rulers of old&quot; may have portrayed themselves as a god (and many Roman emperors were, in fact, diefied) but none portrayed themselves as the Judeo-Christian God you implied by your use of capital letters. Regardless, the doges of Venice were not absolute rulers by any means. They were elected (and therefor controlled) officials. In the case of Byzantium, the Emperor would clearly have had trouble portraying himself as any SORT of a diety - there were open rebellions because of the use of Christ as himself on the coinage!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Before this thread gets locked and relegated to the Politics &amp; Religion section, I want to point out that this isn&#039;t a discussion on current religion or politics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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