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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3449047, member: 10461&quot;]I would have, too, but is it possible that many &quot;empress&quot; coins were (like commemorative coins and NCLT issues today) intended more as presentation pieces or keepsakes or indeed collectors&#039; items (for those wealthy enough to collect coins)?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, some- <i>many</i>, even- circulated- we have evidence of that, and see worn examples- but so did many classic US commemoratives in their day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course lots and lots of Roman coins were of a commemorative nature, but I&#039;m talking about stuff that was put away rather than spent, as is done with most modern commemorative coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure there are other hoards with empresses in them, but it&#039;s interesting to think about why they weren&#039;t found here.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- is it also possible that the table merely categorizes the coins by <i>reign</i>, and coins with portraits of imperial wives were included in the total for each ruler?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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