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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2612520, member: 76194&quot;]Yet we have coins like my Maximinus Trax and others posted here that clearly show that in some cases celators had no idea what the new Emperor looked like and simply slightly modified the portrait of a previous Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of Maximinus Thrax I can see how it happened. Severus was murdered in the middle of a military campaign, and Maximinus would have been fairly busy for several weeks trying to wrap the military mess up and secure his position. I doubt he would have had much time to pose for any portraits or busts during&nbsp; that time, considering he had German tribes and former henchmen of Alexander Severus to deal with. His succession to power was fairly messy and he had to immediately and decisively deal with internal and external threats to his rule.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime, you still had to send coins across the empire to pay the huge standing army and the equipment and supplies for the soldiers in the middle of a major military campaign. I doubt the mint could afford to shut down operations for a few weeks while waiting for Maximinus to finally get around to sitting for a bust, and then waiting the additional time for the bust to get from the wild frontier of Germany, across enemy lines, and all the way to Rome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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