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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 7906717, member: 72790"]I absolutely love this thread. It shows the importance of NOT relying on translations in the study of history, political or in this case, numismatic history, or any other kind of history where the language used is not one's native tongue. It also demonstrates the importance of documents when used in citation. Authors tend to cite sources in their own language which if used for a while tend to be accepted as primary, original sources that few then ever check on, with error achieving the status of erudition. Even in one's own native language, words used several hundred years ago may have a totally different meaning now than they did earlier. As for this thread, I think the old kings mentioned here are those of the Greeks. Remember that in the time of Augustus, King Alexander the Great was some three hundred years in the past. For us the coins of William of Orange, Louis XIV, or Peter the great are those of "reges veteres" (old kings) and to present day American or Australian or Italian are equally "nummi peregrini" (foreign coins). All that this ancient text means is that at various times of celebration Augustus like to give away presents of "old and unusual foreign coins".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 7906717, member: 72790"]I absolutely love this thread. It shows the importance of NOT relying on translations in the study of history, political or in this case, numismatic history, or any other kind of history where the language used is not one's native tongue. It also demonstrates the importance of documents when used in citation. Authors tend to cite sources in their own language which if used for a while tend to be accepted as primary, original sources that few then ever check on, with error achieving the status of erudition. Even in one's own native language, words used several hundred years ago may have a totally different meaning now than they did earlier. As for this thread, I think the old kings mentioned here are those of the Greeks. Remember that in the time of Augustus, King Alexander the Great was some three hundred years in the past. For us the coins of William of Orange, Louis XIV, or Peter the great are those of "reges veteres" (old kings) and to present day American or Australian or Italian are equally "nummi peregrini" (foreign coins). All that this ancient text means is that at various times of celebration Augustus like to give away presents of "old and unusual foreign coins".[/QUOTE]
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