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  2. Roman currency - Wikipedia

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    Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage. [1] From its introduction during the Republic, in the third century BC, through Imperial times, Roman currency saw many changes in form, denomination, and composition. A feature was the inflationary debasement and replacement of coins over ...

  3. Denarius - Wikipedia

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    Denarius of Mark Antony and Octavian, struck at Ephesus in 41 BC. The coin commemorated the two men's defeat of Brutus and Cassius a year earlier as well as celebrating the new Second Triumvirate. The denarius ( Latin: [deːˈnaːriʊs]; pl.: dēnāriī, Latin: [deːˈnaːriiː]) was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the ...

  4. History of coins - Wikipedia

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    The history of coins stretches back to the first millennium BC/BCE. Notable examples of coins include the Lydian Lion coins, Persian daric and siglos, Tong Bei, the dirham and gold dinar . Coins are a major archaeological source of history. Coins convey information about language, administration, religion, economic conditions, and the ruler who ...

  5. Roman Imperial Coinage - Wikipedia

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    Roman Imperial Coinage, abbreviated RIC, is a British catalogue of Roman Imperial currency, from the time of the Battle of Actium (31 BC) to Late Antiquity in 491 AD. It is the result of many decades of work, from 1923 to 1994, and a successor to the previous 8-volume catalogue compiled by the numismatist Henry Cohen in the 19th century.

  6. Sestertius - Wikipedia

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    Sestertius. Dioscuri riding right, ROMA in linear frame below. RSC4, C44/7, BMC13. The sestertius ( pl.: sestertii) or sesterce ( pl.: sesterces) was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it was a large brass coin.

  7. Ancient Roman town — with coins, shackles and even makeup ...

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    Ancient Roman town — with coins, shackles and even makeup — unearthed in England. An excavation of a sprawling Roman settlement in the English countryside has “surpassed expectations ...

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