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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7312158, member: 110504&quot;]Fascinating subject, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER], with a no less roundly engaging expansion by [USER=83956]@Gavin Richardson[/USER].&nbsp; ...Along with [USER=36818]@benhur767[/USER]&#039;s caveat about die engraving, obviously of equal relevance to both periods.</p><p>Impressionistically, I have to wonder whether, in the case of both Romans and medievals, the controlling idea was to appeal to a known, literate minority --of whatever size, in the operant context.&nbsp; As the demographic that was likeliest to handle coins on a routine basis, they would be the ones the issuing authority would be most invested in, especially where propoganda was concerned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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