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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ByzantiumBabe, post: 6737338, member: 118394&quot;]Agree completely.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very interesting question and likely much more complex than we imagine. My hunch is during the Republican era, the design process may have been very similar to the United States mint new coin review process, but with a few dignitary name changes and a process completed much more frequently in ancient Roman times.</p><p><br /></p><p>One can only imagine a new imperial coin design process under Nero. Once his Greek(?) engravers/artists survived a preliminary design attempt and provided physiologically realistic portraits, he might begin marching through the vast golden Domus Aurea palace asking everyone including; guards, relatives, friends, cousins, mistresses and other vulnerable subjects in his path to review and provide feedback. If they liked the new design they lived, if not they were executed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pardon the digression...my hunch is the empire always looked for good propaganda consensus &amp; accuracy, Roman realism (for a time), correct abbreviations, type of metal and appropriateness of the design and its accessories. The artists would then incorporate the initial feedback and come back with additional revisions until the Emperor, select Senators, Consuls, Triumvirs, perhaps even a few Augures and Pontifices, etc, etc, etc, including any other mint official stakeholders, to finally consider the design a worthy representation of Rome, the empire &amp; provinces and beyond.</p><p><br /></p><p>May the striking then begin![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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