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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4529720, member: 110350&quot;]And some more questions. with respect to the same time-period.&nbsp; I assume that the annual designs for each coin type, at least generally speaking, emanated from and were dictated by the Imperial administration.&nbsp; Given the variations among the different dies produced and used for minting those coin types (sometimes minor, and sometimes greater), is it safe to assume that the different mints, and/or the different officinas within those mints, and/or the different celators within those officinas, had a certain amount of individual discretion to vary the general designs emanating from the central administration?&nbsp; Do we know if all the seemingly endless variations in whether a particular bust was draped vs. draped and cuirassed, etc. -- which catalogs often classify as different types or sub-types -- emanated from the central administration, or were differences like that the result of local discretion as well? </p><p><br /></p><p>Separately, do we have any idea whether or not the Imperial administration ever directed that design changes be made during the lifetime of a particular annual coin type? Or do all such variations reflect the discretion of mints/officinas/celators?&nbsp; For example, with respect to the Marcus Aurelius Caesar denarius I&#039;ve mentioned before (RIC III 429a) -- the one with the wide variation within the type as to whether and/or to what extent Marcus Aurelius has facial hair -- Pangerl suggests in one of the essays in his <i>500 Years of Roman Coin Portraits</i> book that the variation was not random or based on individual local discretion. Instead, he suggests that it was deliberate and chronological, changing over time from no little or no facial hair to something closer to a full beard, representing the Imperial administration&#039;s propagandistic effort to show Marcus as growing more mature.&nbsp; I wonder if there could possibly be any concrete evidence of when particular coins within the type were issued during the time-period when the type was being minted.&nbsp; Which goes back to my question regarding the length of time for which particular annual types were minted, i.e., at the begining of the year, during the year, or for even longer than a year.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Do we really have enough information to answer any of these questions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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