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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 3141187, member: 5629&quot;]Having not read the entirety of the quoted referenced text, I would only have to assume that Domitian fit perfectly into the writer&#039;s argument. Perhaps not quite fully understanding the span of time that &quot;ancient roman coins&quot; have traversed, the author may have assumed that the coinage of the early roman Caesars included similar legends on their coinage and thus prove his thesis.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>True!&nbsp; Coins with the image of Diocletian began to appear in 305 with the DN legend. But, they were SEN AVG, thus after his abdication.&nbsp; So, I would be under an assumption that Constantine would had been the one to authorize such a declaration, possibly for political reasons as a forerunner to his own use of the term?</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman coinage is not my forte. I&#039;m still just touching the tip of that ice burg. Are there any samples you can point to prior to his abdication? I would be interested in those! Roman history is one thing I do delve into (even similar texts like the one this post originated with), and it&#039;s always nice to have references when fishing through all the opinions, assumptions, and possibilities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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