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<p>[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 4877580, member: 83956"]If I were to "translate" the reverse image+legend of the coin, it would be that the coin celebrates the Roman virtue of <i>pietas </i>(duty to family, country, and gods) that accounts for Roman greatness. Accompanied by the priestly implements, the reverse seems to stress the religious elements of Roman <i>pietas</i>--"piety" in its contemporary English sense. The plural <i>augustorum </i>implies that this is a virtue that uniquely distinguishes the Emperors, as it did for Rome's legendary founder "pius Aeneas."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 4877580, member: 83956"]If I were to "translate" the reverse image+legend of the coin, it would be that the coin celebrates the Roman virtue of [I]pietas [/I](duty to family, country, and gods) that accounts for Roman greatness. Accompanied by the priestly implements, the reverse seems to stress the religious elements of Roman [I]pietas[/I]--"piety" in its contemporary English sense. The plural [I]augustorum [/I]implies that this is a virtue that uniquely distinguishes the Emperors, as it did for Rome's legendary founder "pius Aeneas."[/QUOTE]
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