52,000 Roman coins discovered in England
A massive hoard of over 52 000 coins dating back to the third century AD have been discovered in a field near Frome in the English country of Somerset.
Circulation of Roman Coinage in Northern Europe in Late Antiquity
After a brief episode under Augustus , mass export of coins from the Empire to the North resumed during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and continued — with varying intensity and many interruptions — until the late 5th, in some regions, even into A.D. 6th century
The divergent evolution of coinage in eastern and western Eurasia
This paper offers a concise comparative assessment of some key features of the ‘Aegean’ and ‘Chinese’ models of coinage.
Coin quality, coin quantity, and coin value in early China and the Roman world
In ancient China, early bronze ‘tool money’ came to be replaced by round bronze coins that were supplemented by uncoined gold and silver bullion, whereas in the Greco-Roman world, precious-metal coins dominated from the beginnings of coinage.
Oldest Roman Coin in Britain Discovered
What is believed to be the oldest Roman coin ever found in Britain makes its museum debut, 2220 years after it was made.…