![]() ![]() ![]() The opportunity to secure such a presentation is seldom seen, and immediate action is highly recommended.Ĭlick add to cart and begin your journey through the history of the mighty Roman Empire! SMART COLLECTING WITH MACQUARIE MINT SAVE MONEY IMMEDIATELY! Guaranteed by Macquarie Mint as genuine, the Silver Coins of Ancient Rome Collection is a presentation that you will love to build – but you must act now. From the peak of the empire under Trajan (98-117AD), to the madness of Commodus (177-192AD), to the depravity of the sun-worshipping Elagabalus (218-222AD) – this collection will hold you spellbound at every step. Your ‘Gordian III Silver Antoninianus’ will be followed by an array of Roman silver coins – each with a tale to tell. Your collection begins with the near 1,800-year-old ‘Gordian III (238-244AD) Silver Antoninianus’ – available at just $149. ![]() Whilst you can read about Rome, and the tales of debauchery, betrayal and murder, the Silver Coins of Ancient Rome Collection enables you to hold real Roman history in your hands. Rome’s denarius also lent its name to the medieval Arabic dinar, the currency of a number of modern states.One of the largest political, economic entities the world has ever seen, the Roman Empire has been a supreme source of fascination for the best part of 2,000 years – and so has its coins. The profile laureate bust was used on most European early modern coinages, and is still influential in the portrayal of the UK’s monarch on coins, and the Netherlands’ monarch on Dutch euros and cents. The Roman coinage was incredibly influential in the development of later medieval and modern European, and some West Asian coinages (for example, the coinage of the Turkman states, for more about which see here). While the Roman Republic’s monetary system worked on, effectively a bimetallic system, using silver and bronze coins (gold Republican coins did exist, but were extremely rare), the Roman Empire functioned on a more tri, and in the early Empire quad, metallic system – gold, silver and bronze (and orichalcum for the early Empire). The coinage of both the Roman Republic and Roman Empire was incredibly varied, being produced by different moneyers for various senatorial families, then at various mints and semi-independent cities (whose coinage is known as the Roman provincial coinage) for various members of the imperial family, including wives and daughters. While the majority of the Barber’s Roman coins come through the donation of Geoffrey Haines, the Barber also possesses just over 1,000 Roman Egyptian tetradrachms through the donation of Philip Whitting. Those from the end of the house of Constantine (363) to the accession of Anastasius I (491) are considered as Late Roman, while Octavian becoming Augustus marks the line between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire (both numismatically and historically). Roman coins are considered to continue until the reforms of Anastasius I (491-517) in 498, whereafter the coins are designated as Byzantine (for which see here, or for the Early Byzantine period (491-c.830) see here). The Barber’s Roman coins total just over 5,000, out of the 16,000-strong collection. The Barber Institute has a significant collection of Roman coins, including both republican and imperial issues, as well as a substantial number of Roman Egyptian tetradrachms. ![]()
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