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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3097542, member: 76194&quot;]As these were all hand made, one last possibility no one has considered is <b>same celator but different dies</b>. In other words, the reason the coins look so similar even though they are not a die match is that the same celator crafted both dies. We see that a lot in Roman and Greek coins, where coins may not be a die match but are so close in style that we know it had to be the same person who did both.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know about Indian coins, but with Romans especially, because of the unique touches of each celator, by studying different dies sometimes you can trace the development in skills of one particular celator for a 15 or 20 year period (few ever exceeded that amount of time)....which is why we know that the average Roman celator worked at the mint no more than 20 years, and most likely around 15 years total.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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