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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 7831246, member: 118358&quot;]Leo Gabalas used the term Caesar on his Rhodian coinage up to the 1250s. Beyond that, I don&#039;t believe it was used again on Roman/Byzantine coins</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the longest continually used title from Ancient Rome:</p><p>I own a coin from 1328 with the title Imperator. The anonymous Basilikon of Andronikos II and Michael IX featured the legend AVTOKPATO PЄC IOMЄON</p><p><br /></p><p>Left coin: Anonymous Basilikon</p><p>Right coin: Named Basilikon</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1345661[/ATTACH]</p><p>Autokrator is Greek for Imperator.</p><p><br /></p><p>The title was used up to at least 1395 on the Stavraton of Manuel II. Beyond that, I don&#039;t believe it appeared on Roman/Byzantine coinage.</p><p>After the 1395 date, emperors referred to themselves with only non-traditional roman titles such as Basileus or Despot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally would not include the HRE in any sort of discussion about continuation from the Roman Empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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