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  2. Roman currency - Wikipedia

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    Roman currency names survive today in many countries via the Carolingian monetary system, such as the dinar (from the denarius coin), the British pound (a translation of the Roman libra, a unit of weight), the peso (also a translation of libra), and the words for the general concept of money in the Iberian Romance languages (e.g. Spanish dinero ...

  3. Roman Republican currency - Wikipedia

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    Roman Republican currency is the coinage struck by the various magistrates of the Roman Republic, to be used as legal tender.In modern times, the abbreviation RRC, "Roman Republican Coinage" originally the name of a reference work on the topic by Michael H. Crawford, has come to be used as an identifying tag for coins assigned a number in that work, such as RRC 367.

  4. Follis - Wikipedia

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    40 ("M" is "40" in Greek) and 5 ("Є" is "5" in Greek) nummi of Anastasius. A Byzantine follis of Constantine VII and Zoe. 914-919AD. 26 mm.. The term "follis" is used for the large bronze coin denomination (40 nummi) introduced in 498, with the coinage reform of Anastasius, which included a series of bronze denominations with their values marked in Greek numerals.

  5. Trove of ancient Roman Empire coins discovered by divers off ...

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    Up to 50,000 Roman coins have been discovered by divers off the coast of Sardinia. According to an initial estimate, made on the basis of the overall weight of the find, the number of large bronze ...

  6. Coinage of Luceria - Wikipedia

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    The title page of Gennaro Riccio's work. There are some specific works on the coins of Luceria. The first is a text written in 1846 under the title Le monete attribuite alla zecca dell'antica città di Luceria, whose author is Gennaro Riccio, a scholar of the time who published several other works including Le monete delle antiche famiglie di Roma, on the coins of the Roman republic.

  7. Category:Coins of ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Coins of ancient Rome" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. ... (Roman coin) Aureus; B. Barbarous radiate; Bes (coin ...

  8. Rare Roman coin worth a small fortune on 'Pawn Stars' - AOL

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    The coin was a silver denarius that was struck, or made, in the last 24 days of Caligula's life, so this is a pretty old and rare coin that Rick said could be worth up to six figures.

  9. Obverse and reverse - Wikipedia

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    A Roman imperial coin of Marcus Claudius Tacitus, who ruled briefly from 275 to 276, follows the convention of obverse and reverse coin traditions. Legend: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG / VICTORIA GOTTHI The obverse and reverse are the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money , flags , seals , medals , drawings ...