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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2963585, member: 19463"]For those who like a side of 'why' with their information:</p><p>For much of the later Roman period, coins showed extra honor to the ruler by splitting his name into left and right parts with an opening over the head. When there were multiple Augusti, the senior and adult rulers would be flagged as 'top dog' by this split while their junior associates would have the legend in one continuous sweep around the edge leaving no break above the head. To make things a bit more confusing, some rulers started out as junior Augusti with continuous legends but later were promoted to more honored status with broken legends. Why this was considered better is wholly beyond me but it seems to be the way the Romans of the period saw the matter and can, as here, provide a little help in understanding what we see. We must note, however, that this does not make a hard and fast rule and there are rulers with continuous legends that were the only Augusti so we can not take the matter as a certain sign of a junior. Why? I wish we knew.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2963585, member: 19463"]For those who like a side of 'why' with their information: For much of the later Roman period, coins showed extra honor to the ruler by splitting his name into left and right parts with an opening over the head. When there were multiple Augusti, the senior and adult rulers would be flagged as 'top dog' by this split while their junior associates would have the legend in one continuous sweep around the edge leaving no break above the head. To make things a bit more confusing, some rulers started out as junior Augusti with continuous legends but later were promoted to more honored status with broken legends. Why this was considered better is wholly beyond me but it seems to be the way the Romans of the period saw the matter and can, as here, provide a little help in understanding what we see. We must note, however, that this does not make a hard and fast rule and there are rulers with continuous legends that were the only Augusti so we can not take the matter as a certain sign of a junior. Why? I wish we knew.[/QUOTE]
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