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2. Solidus (coin) - Wikipedia

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   Quarter dollar coins in colloquial Quebec French are sometimes called trente-sous (thirty cents), because of a series of changes in terminology, currencies, and exchange rates. After the British conquest of Canada in 1759, French coins gradually fell out of use, and sou became a nickname for the halfpenny, which was similar in value to the ...

3. 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 ...

4. Byzantine coinage - Wikipedia

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   Byzantine currency, money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of coins: gold solidi and hyperpyra and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. By the 15th century, the currency was issued only in debased silver stavrata and minor copper coins with no gold issue. [ 1 ]

5. Roman currency - Wikipedia

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   Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage. [1] From its introduction during the Republic, in the third century BC, through Imperial times, Roman currency saw many changes in form, denomination, and composition. A feature was the inflationary debasement and replacement of coins over ...

6. 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 ...

7. Stash of Roman-era coins buried 2,000 years ago found in field

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   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 ...