You may have noticed that some
members have titles under their names.
Forum Ancient Coins awards these titles to our
members in recognition of their expertise, helpfulness to other
members and for special achievements.
Tribunus Plebis (male) or
Tribuna Plebis (female) is awarded to our
FORVM Member of the Year. The Member of the Year is determined by a poll of
FORVM members held each December. To be eligible, the member must have been a member the entire year, be one of the top 50 posters, and either hold one or more of the other titles or serve as a moderator. Only one Tribunus or
Tribuna Plebis will be selected each year. A member that is elected twice will be designated
Tribunus Plebis Perpetuus (male) or
Tribuna Plebis Perpetua (female) and will be excluded from future election because it is unnecessary.
Procurator Monetae is the highest
honor awarded by the
Forum staff. It is awarded to
members with a high degree of numismatic expertise. A member selected as
Tribunus Plebis or
Tribuna Plebis will also be awarded the title
Procurator Monetae. Most
Procurator Monetae will have published numismatic papers or books and will have achieved recognition for achievements outside of this
discussion board.
Procurator Caesaris is awarded to
members with significant expertise and who are particularly active and helpful to other Classical
Numismatics Discussion
members.
Imperator Augustus is an administrator for the entire discussion
forum.
Imperator is a moderator for an individual
discussion board; the title only shows on the board(s) the member moderates.
Censor is awarded to
members who are particularly active and helpful on the authentication,
fakes, and
frauds board.
Conservator Princeps is awarded to
members who are particularly active and helpful on
Forum’s Uncleaned Coins board.
Conservator is awarded to winners of the
Conservator prize in one of our Cleaning Contests.
Magistratus Optima Lege is awarded to the Chairman of our
website awards board (elected position).
Comitia Curiata is awarded to
members that serve on our
website awards board (elected positions).
Parasitica Cliens is someone who visits often and uses the
tools of this website and community, but does not contribute significantly to the community, never buys from the
Forum Ancient Coins shop, AND who has offended the
Forum staff. All it takes to stop being a
Parasitica Cliens is to support
Forum - buy something. If you can't buy something let us know and make some other contribution to the community. For example, submit some
fake coin reports, or write and article for
NumisWiki, upload some
maps, or answer some other member's questions if you have the expertise.
Parasitica Cliens are blocked from using some features of the
discussion board.
Other titles may be awarded based on recommendations of
FORVM members or the whims of
Forum’s staff.
To nominate someone for a title, please send your recommendation by email or private message to the
Forum Staff. Do not post nominations on the boards. If you are nominated, we will look at your 20 most recent posts. We will only select
members for a title if most of their posts are accurate, informative and helpful, demonstrating a significant degree of expertise. Lots of chat and smiley faces won't count for much (we are looking for
quality not quantity of posts).