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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8113116, member: 128351&quot;]I can assure you there is no ambiguity. On Roman Latin inscriptions mentioning <i>honores</i>, the term <i>iterum </i>means precisely : for a second time. If it was a third or fourth or fifth time they would have written III, IIII, V... </p><p><br /></p><p>On this denarius of Octavius, you can read on reverse : COS.ITER.ET.TER.DESIG, <i>co(n)s(ul) iter(um) et ter desig(natus)</i> : consul twice and designated for a third consulate. Octavius had been consul for the second time in 33 BC; in autumn 32 he was elected again for a third consulate that would begin on Jan. 1 31 BC. Between the moment a consul was elected and the next Jan. 1 when he would be effectively in charge, he is called &quot;designated consul&quot; (like in USA you say &quot;president elect&quot;). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411678[/ATTACH]</p><p>(not my coin of course)</p><p><br /></p><p>Another example : </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411686[/ATTACH] </p><p>Vespasian, aureus (not my coin either <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). On reverse : COS ITER TR POT, <i>co(n)s(ul) iter(um), tr(ibuniciae) pot(estatis)</i> : consul twice, with the tribunician power. </p><p>Vespasian had been consul in 51 AD. On July 1 69 he received the Tribunician power, which was renewed each year at this date, and was &quot;elected&quot; consul for 70, beginning this second consulate on Jan. 1 70. This coin was minted from January to June 70 because he is <i>consul iterum</i> but still in his 1st tribunician power.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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