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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4841542, member: 96898&quot;]Antoninus Pius is usually not associated with these names, but his coins as Caesar often name him <b>T</b>itus <b>Ae</b>lius <b>Antoninus</b>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169423[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Antoninus Pius (as Caesar), Roman Empire, AR denarius, 138 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS; head of Antoninus Pius, bare, r. Rev: TRIB POT COS; Pietas, veiled, draped, standing l., holding up r. hand over altar and l. hand on side. 18 mm, 3.54g. Ref: RIC II Hadrian 452A.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I know that the coin below is not ancient and not even strictly medieval – but it has the longest title in my collection. After dissolving all the abbreviations and translating, we get: &quot;Frederick William, by the grace of God margrave in Brandenburg, archchamberlain and prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire at Magdeburg and in Prussia, at Jülich, Kleve, Berg, Stettin, and Pommerania, duke of the Wends and Kashubians and of Crossen and Jägerndorf in Silesia, burgrave of Nuremberg, lord of Halberstadt and Minden&quot;. If that&#039;s not impressive, I don&#039;t know!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169432[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Brandenburg-Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, AR doppelgroschen (1/12 Taler), 1656 AD, Berlin mint. Obv: FRID: WILH: V. G. G. M. Z. BR. D. H . R. R. E. C. V. C.; coat of arms with crown and sceptre. Rev: .II./ GROSCH/ BRANDENB/ LANDES/ MVNZ/ 1656; Z. M. I. P. Z. G. C. B. S. P. C. W. I. S. Z. C. V. I. H. B. Z. N. F. Z. H. V. M. 26mm, 4.08g. Ref: von Schrötter 988; Bahrfeldt III 157. Ex Hatria Numismatica, Giulianova, Italy.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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