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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2783860, member: 76194&quot;]That&#039;s correct. Most times moneyers were appointed as mint officials for a year (usually with the rank of quaestor) and during that time they&#039;d mint coins to Roman government standards, and chose a theme or two they wanted to depict in their coins. However, sometimes the Senate authorized other individuales to strike coins for whatever reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>Usually the themes were repetitive and highly standardized&nbsp; (like the Roma obverse with a biga reverse, or the Roma obverse with discouri reverse. These two themes were some of the most often repeated ever (dozens of moneyers used them over and over again).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644749[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>However, some moneyers got very creative and did some interesting things with their coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644751[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]644752[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]644754[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644755[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]644756[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644758[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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