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  2. Sestertius - Wikipedia

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    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. The name sestertius means "two and one half", referring to its nominal value of two and a half asses (a bronze Roman coin, singular as), a value that was useful for commerce because it was one quarter of a ...

  3. Dupondius - Wikipedia

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    The dupondius was introduced during the Roman Republic as a large bronze cast coin, although even at introduction it weighed less than 2 Roman pounds . The initial coins featured the bust of Roma on the obverse and a six-spoked wheel on the reverse. A loaf of bread or a sextarius (c. 0.5 L) of wine cost roughly one dupondius at the height of ...

  4. Ancient coins found by Indiana Jones enthusiast sell ... - AOL

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    A coin issued by Gaius Caesar - also known as Caligula - decorated with a portrait of the Empress Agrippina and dated to A.D. 37-38 sold for about $9,295, according to the BBC.Another coin, issued ...

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

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    The appraiser called the coin extraordinary and Josh, the owner, ended up selling it to Rick for $8,500. Not a bad chunk of change considering we saw many being sold on EBay for about $2,000 at ...

  6. Antoninianus - Wikipedia

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    Row 2: Gallienus (copper 253–268 AD), Aurelian (silvered 270–275 AD), barbarous radiate (copper), barbarous radiate (copper) The antoninianus, introduced in 215 AD, continued the denarius's slow decline in silver purity. The antoninianus or pre-reform radiate [1] was a coin used during the Roman Empire thought to have been valued at 2 denarii.

  7. Rare gold Roman coin sold at auction for nearly $785,000

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    One of the most sought after coins on the planet sold at auction for more than three-quarters of a million dollars. A Roman gold coin, minted more than 2,000 years ago, depicting the first and ...

  8. Double sestertius - Wikipedia

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    About 259–268 AD. The coin is 34mm wide. The double sestertius was a large Roman coin made of orichalcum ("gold-brass") first issued by Emperor Trajan Decius in AD 249–251, as a response to the inflationary pressures of the time which had devalued the buying power of the conventional sestertius.

  9. 'Pawn Stars:' Why a rare coin worth six figures sold for much ...

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    On History Channel's hit show "Pawn Stars," a man came in to sell a 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle $20 gold coin. The coins are extremely rare, and some of them have sold for more than $1 million ...

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