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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 4959651, member: 86498"]I believe the answer is far simpler. If you look at the vast majority of Greek coins one would note that the design essentials really do not change very much. If one looks at say an Athenian Owl one sees essentially the same totemic design of a head of Athena on the obverse and an owl standing on the reverse. True the style will change over time. The Archaic changes to the Starr group to the Mass 454-404 BC coinage and so on until the New Style, but the main features do not really change. Roman coins especially the Later Republic through the Imperial period are besides units of commerce they are also vehicles of disseminating official information (or propaganda) by the authorities to the their audience whomever they might be. Thus with a Greek coin it is very unusual for an event to be commemorated for a short time. An example would be again the Athenian Owl where the leaves on the visor of the helmet and the crescent moon on reverse which are claimed to be a refence to the defeat of the Persians is carried on in the design for over a century. Whereas on Roman coins such commemoration is very common. Furthermore the propaganda on Roman coins can only be really understood if one studies the entire issue of coins for that year. If one looks at the issues from the mint of Rome of Tiberius in 22-23 AD or Caligula in 37 AD one can see a very complex nuanced message being delivered by various coins within a context presented by other coins. To do this Roman coins would by their very nature have more complex legends.[ATTACH=full]1192263[/ATTACH]</p><p> Tiberius sestertius Restitution of the Asian Cities 22-23 AD Courtesy of CNG not my coin.[ATTACH=full]1192264[/ATTACH] Divus Augustus Ae Sestertius 22-23 AD Showing much the same pose as the corresponding coin of Tiberius[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 4959651, member: 86498"]I believe the answer is far simpler. If you look at the vast majority of Greek coins one would note that the design essentials really do not change very much. If one looks at say an Athenian Owl one sees essentially the same totemic design of a head of Athena on the obverse and an owl standing on the reverse. True the style will change over time. The Archaic changes to the Starr group to the Mass 454-404 BC coinage and so on until the New Style, but the main features do not really change. Roman coins especially the Later Republic through the Imperial period are besides units of commerce they are also vehicles of disseminating official information (or propaganda) by the authorities to the their audience whomever they might be. Thus with a Greek coin it is very unusual for an event to be commemorated for a short time. An example would be again the Athenian Owl where the leaves on the visor of the helmet and the crescent moon on reverse which are claimed to be a refence to the defeat of the Persians is carried on in the design for over a century. Whereas on Roman coins such commemoration is very common. Furthermore the propaganda on Roman coins can only be really understood if one studies the entire issue of coins for that year. If one looks at the issues from the mint of Rome of Tiberius in 22-23 AD or Caligula in 37 AD one can see a very complex nuanced message being delivered by various coins within a context presented by other coins. To do this Roman coins would by their very nature have more complex legends.[ATTACH=full]1192263[/ATTACH] Tiberius sestertius Restitution of the Asian Cities 22-23 AD Courtesy of CNG not my coin.[ATTACH=full]1192264[/ATTACH] Divus Augustus Ae Sestertius 22-23 AD Showing much the same pose as the corresponding coin of Tiberius[/QUOTE]
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