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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;barnaba6, post: 8080358, member: 115816&quot;]All we can do today is speculate. There are no ancient written sources which could directly answer your questions. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure Probus had some direct, personal influence over the choice of certain bust / reverse types / titulatures. Simply because his coinage differs so much from the coinage of his predecessors (is so much more abundant and diverse as regards bust/reverse types). It seems unreasonable to assume that mint officials would on their own initiative, without any consultations with the emperor, suddenly start striking so many different busts and reverses.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However mint officials definitely had some autonomy and not every decision / design was consulted with the emperor (that would simply be impossible).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The selection of particular reverses / busts etc. had specific propaganda purposes, no doubt. However it is very difficult to determine today whether particular busts or reverses were supposed to commemorate special, specific events. Such link is easier with regard to donativa coins (aurei, small module or large-module medallions, erroneously described sometimes as &quot;denarii&quot; or &quot;dupondii&quot; etc.). This link is usually harder to determine with regard to regular coins (regular antoninianii).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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