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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8217941, member: 84905&quot;]Thanks a lot seth77 for the paper. It includes a lot of information and answers my questions above. So these coins were dynastic issues to present the members of the imperial family to the public and they were struck along the route, travelled by the emperor. </p><p>I also found the part on the &quot;travelling mint&quot; or better travelling treasury very interesting. So precious metal was typically only minted when the emperor (or one of his caesars) were present in the respective city. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found this section very interesting (p. 416):</p><p><i>&quot;It is important to note that in many provinces of the empire, there was never any gold or silver coins or donatives at all produced during Constantine’s reign, and in other provinces, decades could pass between occasional production of gold and silver issues. <b>From this fact alone, it is clear that gold and silver issues had quite another function than monetary use in trade, purchase, or other payments</b>39. Numerous authors have discussed the donative character of many gold and silver issues from the reign of Constantine. <b>We here take this idea further, and conclude that virtually all gold and probably also most silver struck under Constantine’s sole reign (324-337) was donative in character, and especially so during the period 324-330.</b> That is, the struck gold and silver was given by the emperor (or someone acting on his behalf) to individuals, as a reward or in exchange for services or loyalty paid to the emperor</i>&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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