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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 3555544, member: 88526&quot;]While most everyone has seen the late Roman bronzes with Genius on the reverse, it&#039;s quite uncommon on 1st century coins.&nbsp; I was happy to get this in the mail today.&nbsp; A rare As from Titus with GENI reverse and the bonus of a left facing portrait to boot.&nbsp; Lighting gives it more roughness than is visible in hand. It has wonderful copper highlights.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]945075[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155729" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155729" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155729</a></p><p><br /></p><p>IMP T CAES VESP AVG PM TR P COS VIII</p><p>Laureate head left</p><p><br /></p><p>GENI P R; SC IN FIELD</p><p>Genius standing left with patera over altar and cornucopiae</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome, 80-81 AD</p><p>11.45g</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 226 (R)</p><p><br /></p><p>From Forum&#039;s Numiswiki: The Genius is the &#039;power&#039; which is inherent in man, not only becoming manifest in his virility but signifying extensively his whole personality. The Genius is neither &#039;soul&#039; nor &#039;life&#039;. It&#039;s particular to each one and ceased with his death. It is a kind of active principle which could be found too in collectives like troop units, councils and so on. It is assigned too to localities like provinces or cities. Power and prestige of the pater<i> familias</i> explain that the domestics worshipped his Genius and swore by him. The oath by the Genius of the emperor became common in private and public fields. False oath was a crime against the emperor. The concept of the Genius Augusti was the possibility to assign divine attributs to the emperor without making him a god directly which was frowned especially in the western part of the Empire! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your Genius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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