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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5434940, member: 19463"]I enjoy the problem this etymology caused the mint 200 years later. Mark Antony was never 'Augustus' but he held the priestly office of Augur. This was listed on all of his legionary denarii - ANT AVG. When Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus issued a coin to commemorate the battle of Actium bicentennial both parts of ANT AVG had taken on new meanings. ANTonius could be confused with ANToninus and AVGur with AVGustus. Therefore both words were spelled out on the commemorative ANTONINVS AVGVR.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236354[/ATTACH] </p><p>for comparison, an Antony with ANT AVG:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5434940, member: 19463"]I enjoy the problem this etymology caused the mint 200 years later. Mark Antony was never 'Augustus' but he held the priestly office of Augur. This was listed on all of his legionary denarii - ANT AVG. When Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus issued a coin to commemorate the battle of Actium bicentennial both parts of ANT AVG had taken on new meanings. ANTonius could be confused with ANToninus and AVGur with AVGustus. Therefore both words were spelled out on the commemorative ANTONINVS AVGVR. [ATTACH=full]1236354[/ATTACH] for comparison, an Antony with ANT AVG: [ATTACH=full]1236357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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