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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3091562, member: 76194&quot;]Well, even as far back as the end of the 2nd century BCE with the end of the second Punic Wars, Rome had huge territories and a population of millions to strike coinage for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare that to the Greek&nbsp; City States and relatively small kingdoms (the brief Macedonian Kingdom of Alexander being a short exemption), and the Greek mints only had to strike coinage for smaller territories with populations that never surpassed 125,000 to 250,000 people.&nbsp; When your target audience is smaller and you have to pump put less coinage, you have time for more quality control and artistic flare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the Greek were more inclined towards the arts, while the Romans were more militaristic, bureaucratic, and efficiency oriented...which is why the Romans were happy to let the Greek world continue to be the center of art and philosophy within the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780209[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And I disagree about your assessment that ancient Roman coins are not impressive. Frankly, compared to the boring repetitive US coins collecting area, I think Roman coins offer a world of unimaginable variety, and a charm that you certainly won&#039;t find in post-early 20th century coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love my non-artistic Romans. They are still charming little coins even if they pail in comparison to a nice big tetradrachm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780213[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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