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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 ...
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The term follis is used for a large bronze Roman coin denomination introduced by Diocletian in about 294. The term "nummus" is now thought to be the actual ancient term, but usage of "nummus" has not caught on. [1] At first the follis weighed about 10 grams and was about 4% silver, with a thin layer of silver on the surface.
The 1,700-year-old coins discovered in Luxembourg offer an intriguing look into the cultural shifts of the Roman Empire, both its cultural monetary uses and its succession of emperors.
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 ...
The coins include depictions of nine Roman emperors who ruled between 364 and 408 A.D. Among the hoard is Eugenius, an infamous ruler considered illegitimate by the Eastern Roman Empire, also ...
Also found among the Roman coins were 72 gold aurei, dated from 18 B.C. to 47 A.D. Those coins show no signs of wear and likely came from a pile of freshly minted coins, according to the Cultural ...