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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3855055, member: 87200"]Great topic. I have had thoughts on this before but never in an organized thread. With regard to Roman Egypt, why did the number of reverse types shrink as time passed, so that by the time of Diocletian we have just a few reverse types, whereas in the 2nd century there was a wide variety of coins with "Egyptian" themes - Canopic jars, Sphinxes, etc. If one goes to the country you will see a huge number of monuments, tombs, temples, and other impressive things that could have been on the coinage. For example Trajan did a large retrofit of the temple of Esna (dedicated to the ram-headed god Khnum) and had his name emblazoned within a cartouche (the emblem of kingship). Similar examples exist for other emperors down through the third century, but not after that. </p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of other penultimate events are the disappearance of the provincial coinage after the time of Valerian and Gallienus (except Egypt).</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, who was the mastermind behind the huge artistic change which occurred during the reign of Diocletian? Statues changed to the new ethereal style, as well as the coinage, and also the court ritual. It's like someone flipped a switch and everything was different the next day. Anyway, thanks for the thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 3855055, member: 87200"]Great topic. I have had thoughts on this before but never in an organized thread. With regard to Roman Egypt, why did the number of reverse types shrink as time passed, so that by the time of Diocletian we have just a few reverse types, whereas in the 2nd century there was a wide variety of coins with "Egyptian" themes - Canopic jars, Sphinxes, etc. If one goes to the country you will see a huge number of monuments, tombs, temples, and other impressive things that could have been on the coinage. For example Trajan did a large retrofit of the temple of Esna (dedicated to the ram-headed god Khnum) and had his name emblazoned within a cartouche (the emblem of kingship). Similar examples exist for other emperors down through the third century, but not after that. A couple of other penultimate events are the disappearance of the provincial coinage after the time of Valerian and Gallienus (except Egypt). Also, who was the mastermind behind the huge artistic change which occurred during the reign of Diocletian? Statues changed to the new ethereal style, as well as the coinage, and also the court ritual. It's like someone flipped a switch and everything was different the next day. Anyway, thanks for the thread.[/QUOTE]
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