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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1430587, member: 26302&quot;]Yes, political broadcasting was a portion of what was accomplished numismatically. How does that mean that the ancients did not pay attention to the aesthetic? It would seem to me an aesthetically pleasing coin to go along with uniformity of coinage would also be desired. </p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, its actually Herakles with what is thought to be Alexander&#039;s likeness that was the uniform coin of his empire, not his image directly. Also, his Greek coins that circulated through the empire where either usually an aesthetic improvement over existing coinage, or the first coinage those areas knew. Still doesn&#039;t explain why its believed to show the ancients didn&#039;t care for their coins. In fact, many ancient coins were artistic interpretations of the city&#039;s most famous artistic monuments, not something you would do if you did not care about the artistry of your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: also btw, the emperor Augustus was well known for collecting beautiful artistic Greek coins. In fact, most city states had the locals gather up the most beautiful coins from the city they could find to present to the emperor. Again another aspect that points to artistic appreciation of coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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