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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;curtislclay, post: 4674478, member: 89514&quot;]Doug,</p><p><br /></p><p>If you search for Battle of Lugdunum in the Forum discussion group, you will find a detailed summary of my arguments that that battle apparently took place not on 19 Feb. 197 (IMP VIIII) as traditionally believed, but rather one year earlier, on 19 Feb. 196 (IMP VIII). If you have a little time to consider the problem, I would be interested to hear whether or not you are convinced.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As to the IMP VIII-VIIII Elephant type, I showed in my Oxford B.Litt. thesis of 1972 that it was introduced in spring 197 along with four other types, including LIBERALITAS AVG II (second largesse) and PROFECTIO AVG (departure of the emperor on expedition). So the coins tell exactly the same story as Septimius&#039; vita, quoted by Limes above: the emperor before leaving Rome for the East distributed a largesse and presented games to the Roman people. Clearly the MVNIFICENTIA type refers to precisely the same games of spring 197 that are mentioned in the vita, as I stated in the Berk descriptions that Limes found on the internet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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