[gothic-l] Gothic and/or Cothic/Cotthi?

[andreas.schwarcz at UNIVIE.AC.AT]

On 8 Feb 2001, at 10:19, dirk at smra.co.uk wrote:

> I have several Roman coins (so called antoniniani) of the Emperors
> Claudius Gothicus and Tacitus. Both emperors celebrated their
> victories  over the Goths and other Germanic people on their coins.
> However, especially the coins of Tacitus seem to read "VICTORIA
> COTTHI" instead of "VICTORIA GOTTHI". But also on my coins of Claudius
> Gothicus the inscription reads "VICT COTHIC", while on an other coin
> of the same Emperor the inscription clearly reads "VICTORIA GERM" for
> GERMANICA, spelled properly with a 'G'. Is there any suggestion in the
> literature that the Romans initially called the Goths the Coths, or is
> there a linguistic interpretation, for example was G and C fairly
> interchangealbe in latin so that the die-sinker didn't need to bother?

Hello Dirk,
I suppose the coins are much used ones. In that case the 
difference between G and C tends to become indistinct. As far as I 
know, there is no indication that the Romans called the Goths ever 
Cothi.

Kind regards
           Andreas
> 
> 
> Especially the spelling of COTTHI on the Tacitus coins reminded me of
> a Greek source which mentioned a tribe called the Cotti north of the
> Danube as early as 250BC (but I cannot remember the source right now).
> 
>  I think that could be an important question, as the interpretation of
>  
> the name of the Goths is still uncertain. So if anybody has any 
> suggestions lets hear it?
> 
> thanks
> Dirk
> 
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