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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 7830792, member: 96898&quot;]The title &quot;augustus&quot; was used on coins well into the early modern era and beyond. The (mostly German) Holy Roman Empire saw itself as the direct successor of the Roman emperors, and its rulers used the respective titles. Here are some examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse legend of this coin abbreviates the phrease &quot;Rudolphi II Romanorum imperator augustus permissa fieri decreto,&quot; which translates as &#039;made with permission of Rudolph II, Roman emperor and augustus:&#039;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1345499[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">County of Waldeck, under Franz III, Wilhelm Ernst, Christian, and Volrad, ½ Batzen, 1595 AD, Niederwildung mint. Obv: FRA. WE. C W. [C. I. WAL], helmeted shield with eight-rayed star; below, moneyer’s mark of Kaspar Huxer: crossed hooks and arrow. Rev: RVDOL. II. IM. AVG. P [.F. DEC]; 9-5; imperial orb with value mark Z. 19mm, 0.98g. Ref: Slg. Hennig 62; Grönegreß 1986, 292. Ex Ernst Otto Horn (1880–1945) collection; ex Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden (1945–2010). </font></p><p><br /></p><p>This one has &quot;Ferdinandus III, deo gratia Romanorum imperator, semper augustus&quot; (&#039;Ferdinand III, by God&#039;s grace Roman emperor and forever augustus&#039;):</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1345498[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Augsburg, Imperial City, AR ½ Batzen, 1637 AD. Obv: AVGVSTA • VINDELICORVM; arms of Augsburg: “Pyr” on column; in fields, 16-37; horseshoe mark of the moneyer family Holeisen. Rev: FERDINAND • III • D • G• ROM • IMP • S • AVG; crowned imperial double eagle with central imperial orb inscribed 2. 17.5mm, 1.14g. Ref: Forster: Erzeugnisse der Stempelschneiderkunst (1910), no. 268.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Same title for emperor Maximilian II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1345497[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Brunswick, City, AR groschen (1/24 taler), 1573 AD. Obv: MON. NO. ARG. REIP. BRVNS; shield with arms of Brunswick (lion l.); above, moneyer’s mark (wheel). Rev: MAXI: D: G: ROM: IM: SEM: AV*; imperial orb with 24; 7-3; 22 mm, 2.04g. Ref: Jesse 76.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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