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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2035045, member: 19463&quot;]Another thing to remember for those just moving to ancients from moderns is that each die was an individual effort and not mechanically reproduced.&nbsp; The Tribute Penny type was issued for most of the reign of Tiberius and over the years small changes were made in the design on hundreds of dies.&nbsp; For example, three of the coins shown in bellaa1&#039;s last post show the variation with plain chair legs while the fourth and the one by THCoins have the fancy legs (later style).&nbsp; There have been students separate these coins into groups that allow a little closer dating.&nbsp; It was unusual for a Roman coin design to be kept in use for so many years.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;d say that the three plain leg coins (especially the last two) show more common style points than average considering there was probably more than one die engraver working at the same time.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Modern rulers who live for long reigns often update their appearance as they age.&nbsp; We see this on England&#039;s queens who jump from young to old in a few big steps.&nbsp; Ancients were depicted in a day to day basis according to fashion, ability and the mood of the cutter.&nbsp; We consider that a good situation compared to, for example, the US cent showing the same Lincoln portrait for 105 years now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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