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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 590015, member: 9204&quot;]The workers who actually struck the coins were likely slaves, the die-engravers could be either slaves or freedmen, although anyone could, in time, buy their freedom. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a good start on the actual process of how the coins were made and how errors may have happened, some good experimental archaeology. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.archaeologystudent.com/coinarch/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.archaeologystudent.com/coinarch/" rel="nofollow">http://www.archaeologystudent.com/coinarch/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This should help answer any questions about the moneyer&#039;s office:</p><p><a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Moneta.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Moneta.html" rel="nofollow">http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Moneta.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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