roman currency - Sestertius - Former currencies

Ancient Roman Coins

Coins in ancient Rome were made of bronze, silver, or gold. Bronze was the earliest metal used, but silver was the most frequently used material for currency 

The Study of Roman Coins

Romans did not have their own coinage. They used “Aes Rude” as money, which was jagged pieces of bronze with no precise measurement in weight or shape.

Roman coins

Some common material that coins were made out of in the Roman Empire would be gold, copper, silver and brass. The front sides are usually carved with the face 

Roman coins, republic and empire

It consisted of aes grave, large circular cast coins of bronze all bearing marks of value, from the as (weighing one pound) down to its 12th, the uncia.

Roman Republican currency

Roman Republican currency is the coinage struck by the various magistrates of the Roman Republic, to be used as legal tender.

Roman Currency

Explore a diverse cast of coins, each with a purpose, from the workhorse denarius to the emperor-adorned sestertius.