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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3371726, member: 19463"]Consulships were not necessarily related to being emperor. Many emperors had been Consul before they were emperor so their first coins were dated COS. Several took a second Consulship beginning the first January they were emperor. Vespasian did this in 70 with coins dated COS II so COS coins with no numeral should be 69 AD. Where Vespasian was a bit unusual is that he assumed another consulship each year except for 73 and 78 so many of his coins can be year dated by the COS number. More common, for example was the case of Trajan who only took a total of six consulships, one before he was emperor and five more scattered in his 21 years as emperor. That means a Trajan coin dated COS V could be any time between 103 and 111 and COS VI from 112 to his death. </p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO all Roman Imperial collectors should own one of the old fashion Sear single volume <b>Roman Coins and their Values </b>for the titles charts he placed at the start of each reign. David told you that Vespasian was first Consul in 51 and you won't find this in Sear. He was not Consul in 69 but he had been previously so he could include this in inscriptions. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_consuls" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_consuls" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_consuls</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The list above gives the Consuls for each year. Under 51 AD you will find that Vespasian only served as Consul in November and December. If a Consul did not finish his year and he would be replaced by a Consul Suffectus. It was a greater honor to be Consul from the start but being a suffectus was the common way to honor men after the emperor had placed his name of the year at the start. Note in 72, Trajan was a suffectus replacing Vespasian. Scanning over that list will reveal quite a few names of interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3371726, member: 19463"]Consulships were not necessarily related to being emperor. Many emperors had been Consul before they were emperor so their first coins were dated COS. Several took a second Consulship beginning the first January they were emperor. Vespasian did this in 70 with coins dated COS II so COS coins with no numeral should be 69 AD. Where Vespasian was a bit unusual is that he assumed another consulship each year except for 73 and 78 so many of his coins can be year dated by the COS number. More common, for example was the case of Trajan who only took a total of six consulships, one before he was emperor and five more scattered in his 21 years as emperor. That means a Trajan coin dated COS V could be any time between 103 and 111 and COS VI from 112 to his death. IMHO all Roman Imperial collectors should own one of the old fashion Sear single volume [B]Roman Coins and their Values [/B]for the titles charts he placed at the start of each reign. David told you that Vespasian was first Consul in 51 and you won't find this in Sear. He was not Consul in 69 but he had been previously so he could include this in inscriptions. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_consuls[/url] The list above gives the Consuls for each year. Under 51 AD you will find that Vespasian only served as Consul in November and December. If a Consul did not finish his year and he would be replaced by a Consul Suffectus. It was a greater honor to be Consul from the start but being a suffectus was the common way to honor men after the emperor had placed his name of the year at the start. Note in 72, Trajan was a suffectus replacing Vespasian. Scanning over that list will reveal quite a few names of interest.[/QUOTE]
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