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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2299984, member: 82616&quot;]Quite right, TRP VIIII, a hasty typo on my part.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins with this reverse were first struck for Titus before Vespasian&#039;s death in the first half of 79. We don&#039;t really know the chronology of Agricola&#039;s campaigns, the dates are highly disputed (was Mons Graupius fought in 83 or 84 for instance?). So it is very difficult to be precise in such circumstances. In general we can infer there was enough fighting in northern England/southern Scotland to give Titus his first imperial acclamation (IMP XV) of his reign in late summer of 79. IMP XV does not have to be awarded only for a victory on Scottish soil after all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, recently Woolliscroft and Hoffmann in <i>Rome&#039;s First Frontier </i>push the whole invasion of Scotland forward to the early/mid part of Vespasian&#039;s reign and leave Agricola with little to do!</p><p><br /></p><p>And keep in mind interpreting the meaning behind the reverse types is really all just guess work in a lot of cases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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