[gothic-l] Re: Cotti to Goth

[ravichaudhary2000]

--- Cotti to Goth

Could I ask Francisc , George and others, for their views on this !

Ravi




--- In gothic-l at y..., "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "ravichaudhary2000" <Ravi9 at h...> wrote:
> > --- In gothic-l at y..., "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > One point perhaps, on coins, so-called Antonianiae and Aurei of
> > > emperor Tacitus (not to be confused with the historian) the
name
> of
> > > the Goths is spelled 'VICTORIAE COTTHI'. I have two of these
> > > Antoniniae with full silver-wash, i.e. in the highest possible
> > > condition, yet the name of the Goths is definitely spelled with
> > > a 'C'. It could of course mean that this was a fashion of the
> time,
> > > yet on coins of Claudius II, Quintillius and Aurelianus the
name
> of
> > > the Goths is spelled with a clear and unmistakeable 'G',
> > > i.e. 'VICTORIAE GOTHIC'. At any rate, is it possible that the
> > writing
> > > of the name Goths with 'C' and 'TT' reflected some sort of
> > > pronounciation at the time?
> > >
> > > Dirk
> >
> > how do you go from Cotti to Goth or viceversa ?
>
>
>
> Hi Ravi,
>
> the fact that Cotti refers to Gothi on Tacitus' coins is
undisputed.
> Firstly, the inscription Victoriae Cotti refers to victories over
> people called Cotti. The ony victories that the elderly Tacitus
> achieved in his short reign were over the Goths. I think he was
even
> awarded the title of Gothicus. Finally, if I remember correctly
> contemporary sources stated that the emperor celebrated his
victories
> over the Goths with this coin series. Hence, 'Victoriae Cotti' is
the
> same as the Victoriae Gothic on the coins of his imidiate
predessors.
>
>
> cheers,
> Dirk
>
>
> >


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Thanks Dirk




how do you linguistically derive(go from) Cotti to Goth or viceversa ?



Ravi


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