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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;curtislclay, post: 4801373, member: 89514&quot;]Eckhel&#039;s ninth observation about decennalian vows, Doctrina VIII, 1798, p. 484:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Many late Roman emperors anticipated upcoming vows even before they had fulfilled their current vows.</i> Tacitus, for example, reigned only six months, yet we find on his coins VOTIS X ET XX. In reality he was unable to fulfill even his quinquennalian vows, but he still used the same formula as emperors who had actually fulfilled their decennalian vows. Surprising inscriptions of this sort occur on the coins of Licinius, Constans, Magnentius, Constantius Gallus, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, Valens, Zeno, and Anastasius. As Banduri remarked with respect to such coins, many emperors appear to have celebrated vicennalian vows only as a hope, and in their imaginations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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