If bronze belonged to the people and silver powered the economy, gold belonged to the emperors. When holding a Roman gold coin, you are not simply holding an ancient object. You are holding a symbol of wealth, authority and imperial power. Unlike bronze and silver coins that circulated daily throughout the Empire, gold coins were …
When people think about Roman coins, two metals usually come to mind: gold and silver. Gold fascinates collectors because of its rarity and value. Yet it was silver that truly powered the Roman Empire for centuries. Silver paid the soldiers, facilitated trade and helped structure the Roman economy. At the same time, it was also …
Roman Bronze Coins: More Important Than Most People Realize When people think about Roman coins, collectors usually imagine silver denarii or gold aurei. However, the true backbone of the Roman economy was made up of bronze and copper coins. These coins circulated daily throughout the Empire and were used by ordinary people for their everyday …
Hello everyone ! How are you ? Today we are going to talk about a very important topic in numismatics : how to clean a coin ? This can be very useful if you have just discovered a coin in your garden, completely by chance, or in detection or you have just bought one which …
Hello everyone ! How are you ? Today I am going to present you the 5 Roman coins I wish I have. In this ranking, there are some that are within my reach and others … that are less so. So here I will introduce and describe each Roman coin. Also, this ranking is unique …
Hi everyone, how are you? Today, in this new article, I am going to tell you about 5 Roman Coins in gold. I wrote an article about this a few weeks ago. If you want to read it, it’s available here: 5 Roman Gold Coins. This article is therefore the last of this series where …
Hi everyone, how are you? Today, in this new article, I will tell you about 5 Roman Coins in silver. I wrote an article about this a few weeks ago. If you want to read it, it’s available here: 5 Roman Coins in Silver. This article is therefore the third in this series where I …
Hi everyone, how are you? Last week I presented 5 Roman Coins in copper to you. We will therefore continue on the same subject with the presentation of 5 Roman Coins in billon. I wrote an article on the same subject a few months ago. To read it, click here . I will therefore describe …
Hi everyone, how are you? A few months ago, I wrote an article in which I introduced you to 5 Roman copper coins and noticed that you liked this one very much. So I decided to do a volume 2 for you and I will do the same for the billon, silver and gold coins. …
Hi everyone, how are you? Today we are going to take a look at the barbarian Roman coins. So I will tell you in this article about four barbarian Roman coins, each minted under a different emperor. For each case, I will briefly introduce you to the Emperor’s life appearing on the coin as well …
