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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3141046, member: 83956&quot;]So I’m reading a text on the biblical book of Revelation. On one of its pages I read this discussion that summarizes some assertions I’ve encountered before, but which I find to be overstated:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Beginning with Augustus Caesar (the Roman ruler at the time of Jesus’s birth) some one hundred years before the writing of the book of Revelation, every Roman ruler took on more and more titles that were divine. By the time of the writing of the book of Revelation, the Roman ruler Domitian was to be addressed as “Lord and God.” And the common people knew these titles because the very coins that they used bore a likeness of the Roman ruler and one or more of his divine titles. In our context, it would be like altering pennies, nickels, and quarters from &quot;In God we trust&quot; to &quot;Lincoln is God,&quot; &quot;Jefferson is Lord,&quot; and &quot;Washington is God.&quot; In the day-to-day exchange of coins, the expressions of blasphemy would pass from hand to hand.”</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to&nbsp; Christian blasphemies on Roman coins, I just don’t find very much evidence for that, aside from the simple fact that the reverses feature the deities of Roman religion. But this writer—who is clearly not a numismatic specialist—seems to be focusing on the obverse legends. The only legends that might qualify are those of Augustus and maybe Tiberius (shown below), which feature the DIVI F “Son of the Deified” titles. Most other first-century titles seem to focus on various victories and consulships held. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is the writer overstating his case, or are there some provincial legends that might better fulfill his description? Or am I missing something regarding Roman imperial issues?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]802939[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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