ROME ANCIENT Coins
From Roman As to Greek Assarion: Provincial Coin
Illustrated Specimen Details: Bronze Assarion of the Bosporan Kingdom Example Specimen: Assarion, struck during the period from 39 to 45 AD (Bosporan Kingdom) Authority & Imagery: This coin was issued under the authority of…
Late Roman Empire Bronze Coin: Riddle of the Maiorina
Illustrated Specimen Details: Maiorina Example Specimen: Bronze Maiorina, circa 392 to 395 AD (Later Roman Empire) Authority & Identification: This ancient bronze coin represents a maiorina struck during the twilight years …
FEL TEMP REPARATIO: The Roman Centenionalis Coinage
Illustrated Specimen Details: Roman Bronze Centenionalis Example Specimen: Centenionalis, 361-363 (Later Roman Empire) Authority & Identification: This ancient bronze coin is a classic centenionalis issued by the Later Roma…
Roman Dupondius: The "Double Pound" Coin Explained
Illustrated Specimen Details: Copper Dupondius of Tyras Example Specimen: Dupondius, 211-217 AD (Tyras / Roman Empire) Authority & Identification: This coin was issued by the city of Tyras, an ancient Greek settlement on th…
Quadrans: The Smallest Fractional Coin of Ancient Rome
Illustrated Specimen Details: Bronze Quadrans Example Specimen: Quadrans, ND (41-54 AD) (Roman Empire) Authority & Heraldry: This bronze coin was struck under Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus — the fourth Roman …
Republican Denarius: History of the Roman Silver Coin
Illustrated Specimen Details: Republican Denarius Example Specimen: Republican Denarius (Serratus), 80 BC (Roman Republic) Iconography & Origin: This silver Denarius Serratus was struck in Rome around 80 BC. The obverse fe…
Denarius: Silver Coin of Ancient Rome and its Legacy
Illustrated Specimen Details: Denarius (Roman Empire) Example Specimen: Denarius, from 145 to 147 AD — Roman Empire (Marcus Aurelius as Caesar) Ruler & Portraiture: This specimen features the young Marcus Aurelius , struck …
Limes Denarius: Ancient Roman Frontier Imitations
Illustrated Specimen Details: Limes Denarius (Roman Frontier) Example Specimen: Limes Denarius, early 3rd century (Roman Frontier Imitation of Julia Domna) Design & Symbolism: This coin is a contemporary imitation — a front…
Antoninianus: Roman "Double Denarius" Silver Coin
Illustrated Specimen Details: Silver Antoninianus (Gordian III) Example Specimen: Antoninianus, 238-244 AD Design & Inscriptions: The obverse features the bust of the Emperor wearing a radiate crown — the defining character…
Quinarius: coin of Roman Republic; 1/2 denarius
Illustrated Specimen Details: Quinarius Example Specimen: Roman Republic, Moneyer M. CATO (89 BC) Although the quinarius denomination itself can be somewhat rare, this specific type from 89 BC is relatively common. It was massiv…
Follis: The Evolution of Roman and Byzantine Bronze Coin
Illustrated Specimen Details: Follis Example Specimen: Constantine I, 314-315 AD (Roman Empire) The coin shown above is a bronze follis minted between 314 and 315 AD during the reign of Constantine I (Constantine the Great). …
Prutah: Ancient Bronze Coin of Judaea & Biblical History
Illustrated Specimen Details: Prutah Example Specimen: Prutah, 8-11 AD — Roman Province of Judaea (Israel) This bronze specimen was struck in Jerusalem during the administration of Marcus Ambivulus , the second Roman prefect. Th…
Siliqua: coin of Later Roman Empire; 4th-7th centuries
SILIQUA: COIN OF ROMAN EMPIRE Siliqua, 347-355: Later Roman Empire Ruler: Constantius II (Latin "Flavius Julius Constantius") — Roman emperor from 337 to 361, the son of Constantine the Great. His reign saw constant warfare on the borders…
Semis: coin from City of Castulo (Ancient Spain)
SEMIS: COIN OF CASTULO (ROMAN SPAIN) Semis, 154-133 BC: City of Castulo (Hispania: Ancient Iberia under Rome) Coin of Castulo (Iberian "Kastilo") — an ancient Iberian town; nowadays Spain. During the Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC), the …
Tetrassarion: coin of Olbia (Roman province Lower Moesia)
TETRASSARION: COIN OF OLBIA (MODERN UKRAINE) Tetrassarion, 1st century: Olbia (dependence on the Roman Empire) Ancient coin of the Greek colony of Olbia (modern Mykolaiv region, southern Ukraine) during the time when those territories were part of …
Stater: coin of Bosporan Kingdom (Panticapaeum)
STATER: COIN OF BOSPORUS Stater, 322: Bosporan Kingdom Bosporan Kingdom (Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus) — an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the present-day Strait of Kerch. The 1s…
As: coin of Roman Empire; 1/10 denarius
AS: COIN OF ROMAN EMPIRE As, 41-54: Roman Empire Ruler: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus — the first Roman emperor to be born outside Italy. S C ( S enatus C onsultum – "Decision of the Senate") within a wreath: a mark that w…
Sestertius: coin of Roman Empire; 1/4 as
SESTERTIUS: COIN OF ROMAN EMPIRE Sestertius, 244-249: Roman Empire Ruler: Philip the Arab (Marcus Julius Philippus "Arabs") — Roman emperor from 244 to 249. ANNONA AVGG : Annona Augusta — ancient goddess of the harvest, divine personifica…