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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4786193, member: 99456&quot;]Thanks Al - your photos were very readable to me.&nbsp; This add support for the timing around end of 4th century for the original meaning.&nbsp; FYI (and thanks for giving me a reason to look) - useful to find the <a href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofroma00stev/page/604/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofroma00stev/page/604/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Dictionary of Roman Coins</a> also available online at archive.org.&nbsp; Penates Patrii takes us out of the realm of imperial titles - although still in the realm of Roman (republican) coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163587[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3"><b>C. Sulpicius C.f. Galba, </b>AR serrate denarius, Rome, 106 BC</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv:</b> Jugate heads of Dei Penates left, DPP before</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev:</b> Two male figures standing facing one another, each holding a spear and pointing at sow which lies between; L above</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Size: </b>18.5mm, 3.96g</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Ref: </b>Crawford<a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-312.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-312.1" rel="nofollow"> 312/1</a>, RSC Sulpicia 1</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><b>P.S.</b>: I especially like this line in the page you post: <font face="Times New Roman"><i>&quot;bestowed, as in the previous instances, sometimes on princes who possessed claims on the public gratitude, but much more frequently awarded to unworthy and even odious men in a spirit of servile flattery by a frightened and degraded senate.&quot;</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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