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Roman Imperial Coinage, abbreviated RIC, is a British catalogue of Roman Imperial currency, from the time of the Battle of Actium (31 BC) to Late Antiquity in 491 AD. It is the result of many decades of work, from 1923 to 1994, and a successor to the previous 8-volume catalogue compiled by the numismatist Henry Cohen in the 19th century.
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.
Right-facing laureate head of Maximinus Thrax, first emperor of the period of barracks emperors.. Coinage from Maximinus Thrax to Aemilianus is understood as the set of coins issued by Rome during the reigns of more than a dozen emperors of the first part of the period called military anarchy, succeeding Severus Alexander (last of the Severan dynasty), from 235 to 253: Maximinus Thrax (235 ...
A rare haul of 27 silver Roman coins dated between 94 and 74 BC has been discovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, the Sicily region said on Monday. The discovery was made during a cleaning ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Coins of ancient Rome" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. ... Roman Imperial Coinage; Procuratorial coinage of Roman Judaea;