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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4686401, member: 99554"]<span style="color: #ff0000">All persons and situations depicted in this story are purely fictitious and any resemblance to existing persons and situation are totally coincidental.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #000000">June 276, Lugdunum mint, Gaul.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Discussion between the <i>scalptores</i> in chief of the workshop and his subordinates: </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"> <u>We just had fresh news from a messenger: our <i>Augustus</i> Tacitus just died , strucked down by a terrible fever.</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">How old was he ?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><u>He was a venerable 76 years old</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Did the Senate chose a new emperor?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><u>Well, we heard that Florianus, his Praetorian Prefect, claimed the title, and is recognize by the Senate. We had received new instructions: we're gonna have to increase the production in our workshop. The new <i>Augustus</i> wants to secure the support of all his troops.</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">And what about Commander Probus in the East ?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><u>That may be a problem.Rumor has it that he does not support the new appointment.</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">But how are we gonna start striking new coins ? Do we at least have a portrait of this Florianus ? We have to start engraving new dies...</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><u>No time for that. Orders are orders. Just use the old dies for the moment and we'll wait for new instructions.</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><u><br /></u></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Maybe this scenario really happened 17 centuries ago. That's what I concluded when I saw this unsold lot from Roma's last month auction. I spied with my little eyes some similarities...and just add it to my collection. Do you see some ressemblance with my old Tacitus ?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>Tacitus </b>Lugdunum</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1152939[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>Florian </b>Lugdunum</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1152938[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Maybe you tell yourself : it's normal they look alike, weren't they brothers ? Many scholars questioned this idea in recent years. First, Florian's different <i>nomen</i>, Annius rather than Claudius, means that he cannot have been Tacitus's full brother as <i>Historia Augusta </i>implies; some might argue that they are in fact brothers by the same mother. But they had a difference in age of almost 35 years...which makes this hypothesis rather implausible. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/EmpereurTacite.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Tacitus</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1152940[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Florian</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">After presenting you my newest acquisition, I'd really like to see your examples of <b>same portrait of different emperors !</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #000000"></span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4686401, member: 99554"][COLOR=#ff0000]All persons and situations depicted in this story are purely fictitious and any resemblance to existing persons and situation are totally coincidental.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000000]June 276, Lugdunum mint, Gaul.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000000]Discussion between the [I]scalptores[/I] in chief of the workshop and his subordinates: [U]We just had fresh news from a messenger: our [I]Augustus[/I] Tacitus just died , strucked down by a terrible fever.[/U] How old was he ? [U]He was a venerable 76 years old[/U] Did the Senate chose a new emperor? [U]Well, we heard that Florianus, his Praetorian Prefect, claimed the title, and is recognize by the Senate. We had received new instructions: we're gonna have to increase the production in our workshop. The new [I]Augustus[/I] wants to secure the support of all his troops.[/U] And what about Commander Probus in the East ? [U]That may be a problem.Rumor has it that he does not support the new appointment.[/U] But how are we gonna start striking new coins ? Do we at least have a portrait of this Florianus ? We have to start engraving new dies... [U]No time for that. Orders are orders. Just use the old dies for the moment and we'll wait for new instructions. [/U] Maybe this scenario really happened 17 centuries ago. That's what I concluded when I saw this unsold lot from Roma's last month auction. I spied with my little eyes some similarities...and just add it to my collection. Do you see some ressemblance with my old Tacitus ? [B]Tacitus [/B]Lugdunum [ATTACH=full]1152939[/ATTACH] [B]Florian [/B]Lugdunum [ATTACH=full]1152938[/ATTACH] Maybe you tell yourself : it's normal they look alike, weren't they brothers ? Many scholars questioned this idea in recent years. First, Florian's different [I]nomen[/I], Annius rather than Claudius, means that he cannot have been Tacitus's full brother as [I]Historia Augusta [/I]implies; some might argue that they are in fact brothers by the same mother. But they had a difference in age of almost 35 years...which makes this hypothesis rather implausible. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/EmpereurTacite.jpg[/IMG] Tacitus [ATTACH=full]1152940[/ATTACH] Florian After presenting you my newest acquisition, I'd really like to see your examples of [B]same portrait of different emperors ![/B] [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/B][/QUOTE]
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