Rome

The backbone of the Roman economy for 450 years. One denarius equaled one days wage for a laborer or...

The standard gold coin of Imperial Rome. Worth 25 silver denarii. Augustus established the regular m...

The large bronze coin of Imperial Rome, worth four asses. The sestertius was the main coin of everyd...

The basic bronze coin of the Roman Republic. Originally cast, not struck, weighing one Roman pound. ...

Introduced by Caracalla, worth two denarii but containing only 1.5 times the silver. Featured the em...

A small silver coin introduced by Constantine. The siliqua replaced the denarius as the standard sil...

See Roman Aureus entry. The aureus was minted at 40 to the Roman pound under Augustus, weighing abou...

The denarius of Tiberius is traditionally identified as the tribute penny from the Biblical passage ...