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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7906766, member: 98035"]My personal theory -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364725[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Marcius Philippus was one of several Roman moneyers to claim descent from the quasi-legendary kings of Rome (Ancius Marcius), and to feature their busts on his coinage. He also happened to be the guy to marry Atia, Octavian's widowed mother. Augustus certainly would have had felt some connection to the coins issued by his step-father, so in my mind, if "coins... of old kings" refers to the Kings of Rome (who presided over a pre-monetary Rome), then the late Republican moneyer issues featuring those kings would be a logical first choice. Maybe old man Augustus had fond memories of his step-dad excitedly showing his family the first coins that had been minted in his name.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7906766, member: 98035"]My personal theory - [ATTACH=full]1364725[/ATTACH] Lucius Marcius Philippus was one of several Roman moneyers to claim descent from the quasi-legendary kings of Rome (Ancius Marcius), and to feature their busts on his coinage. He also happened to be the guy to marry Atia, Octavian's widowed mother. Augustus certainly would have had felt some connection to the coins issued by his step-father, so in my mind, if "coins... of old kings" refers to the Kings of Rome (who presided over a pre-monetary Rome), then the late Republican moneyer issues featuring those kings would be a logical first choice. Maybe old man Augustus had fond memories of his step-dad excitedly showing his family the first coins that had been minted in his name.[/QUOTE]
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