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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1920589, member: 44210&quot;]Thanks for your input and for the link. I don&#039;t see the hasty correction either. I think the misspelling has to do with either the Latin proficiency of the engraver, or the gradual changing of the language itself during this time (if this was happening during this time, that is - I don&#039;t know for sure).&nbsp; This supposed misspelling of words can be seen also on post-Roman Germanic coinage as well. For instance, instead of REX (&quot;king&quot;), some coins will have it spelled as RIX. Also, INVICTA (&quot;unconquerable&quot; or &quot;invincible&quot;) is sometimes written as IMVICTA on coins. I guess with the less emphasis&nbsp; placed on learning and regulating Latin around this time, changes were already beginning to show. That&#039;s my theory anyway. I think I also read somewhere that people were more apt around this time period to write words the way they heard them spoken and pronounced. Maybe our good buddy here heard &quot;precepit&quot; spoken as &quot;precepet&quot; and he remembered this and assumed that that latter was the correct way? We may never know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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