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Message:: [QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3526557, member: 76194"]I think by the 50's BCE the fear of kings was fading fast. Marius had marched on Rome, Sula had marched on Rome, Pompey had threatened the Senate at times to get what he wanted, and the Triumvirate had a stranglehold on Roman politics. So the ideals of Cincinnatus quitting the dictatorship early and retiring to a small farm to plow his fields quietly was by then a long distant memory. I doubt anyone much cared by this point about a former king being depicted on the coinage. Only 29 years after this coin was struck, Augustus basically had himself made king in all but name. Yeah, he had to keep the senators happy, and keep many of the old offices so patricians could pretend they were still important, but political theater aside he was pretty much a king. Had Caesar been as politically astute as his adopted son, I have no doubt the Senate would have accepted him as a quasi-monarch instead of murdering him. But Caesar did not like the idea of letting the nobles pretend they were still important, which is why he ended up murdered while his adopted son met with much more success.[/QUOTE]