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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3771710, member: 72790"]There are some Roman emperors who are very hard to respect or like. Even some of their mothers had reason to dislike their sons but one emperor who appears to have been so well respected that he was given the appellation, "Pius". Hard to translate that term but if probably comes out to something like, "I would not mind having that guy living next door to me". Antoninus Pius was given this name because of his insistence on deifying his predecessor, Hadrian, and having a reluctant senate give approbation to all his enactments. Since Hadrian had thinned out the senatorial herd a bit that reluctance was understandable. It perhaps, also showed astute intelligence on the part of Antoninus Pius as one of Hadrian's enactments had been the adoption of Antoninus as his son and heir. It is hard to find anyone who did not like the new replacement, except, possibly, for the Phillistine with a hammer and blade who thought that maybe a more appropriate response to a now dead (consecration coin) Antoninus Pius was a numismatic damnatio memoriae.[ATTACH=full]1008756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1008757[/ATTACH] I have never seen, even on a coin of Caligula or Nero, such a hatchet job (did the Romans have hatchets?) on the image of a Roman emperor. Unless of course I am mistaken and the damage was collateral to a peasant's plowing or a kid with a new penknife. Anyway, if you have any such defaced coins, please show us your ancient numismatic plastic surgery facial reconstruction or feel free to comment on my coin, which is 3.2 grams and is RIC 431, BMC 41. PS I don't think he liked eagles that much, either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3771710, member: 72790"]There are some Roman emperors who are very hard to respect or like. Even some of their mothers had reason to dislike their sons but one emperor who appears to have been so well respected that he was given the appellation, "Pius". Hard to translate that term but if probably comes out to something like, "I would not mind having that guy living next door to me". Antoninus Pius was given this name because of his insistence on deifying his predecessor, Hadrian, and having a reluctant senate give approbation to all his enactments. Since Hadrian had thinned out the senatorial herd a bit that reluctance was understandable. It perhaps, also showed astute intelligence on the part of Antoninus Pius as one of Hadrian's enactments had been the adoption of Antoninus as his son and heir. It is hard to find anyone who did not like the new replacement, except, possibly, for the Phillistine with a hammer and blade who thought that maybe a more appropriate response to a now dead (consecration coin) Antoninus Pius was a numismatic damnatio memoriae.[ATTACH=full]1008756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1008757[/ATTACH] I have never seen, even on a coin of Caligula or Nero, such a hatchet job (did the Romans have hatchets?) on the image of a Roman emperor. Unless of course I am mistaken and the damage was collateral to a peasant's plowing or a kid with a new penknife. Anyway, if you have any such defaced coins, please show us your ancient numismatic plastic surgery facial reconstruction or feel free to comment on my coin, which is 3.2 grams and is RIC 431, BMC 41. PS I don't think he liked eagles that much, either.[/QUOTE]
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