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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2448376, member: 73473&quot;]To be fair they probably were better fed and taken care of than your average farmer for the time. I would imagine competent engravers and mint workers were highly valued.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a bit surprised though because during Emperor Aurelian&#039;s triumph in Rome, the mint workers who had grown accustomed to pocketing some silver from the coins, went into revolt. From the historical passage it sounds like they had little to no supervision and were left to their own devices.</p><p>I do know that under Diocletian the mints were strictly regulated( for the time) and placed under direct supervision of an Imperial official who reported to the Prefect of the Diocese, who himself was appointed by the Emperor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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