Issuing authority

Roman Empire

Imperial Rome issued an extensive precious-metal and base-metal coinage across dozens of mints.

Kind: empire
Region: Mediterranean, Europe
Recorded period: 27 BC – AD 476

Eastern continuation catalogued separately as the Byzantine Empire.

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

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2,045

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2,045 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

32 BC – AD 480

2,007 entries with their own date

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Bibliothèque nationale de France

ancient coins

RIC I (second edition) Augustus 250A

RIC I (second edition) Augustus 250A. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Augustus. Mint: Uncertain value. The obverse shows head of Octavian, bare, right. The reverse shows venus standing right, leaning against column, holding transverse spear in left and helmet in right; shield depicting eight-rayed star leans agai…

Roman Empire

Catalogue entries (2,045)

RIC I (second edition) Augustus 250A

RIC I (second edition) Augustus 253

Aigeai, Commodus, bronze coin — Asclepius and Telesphoros (CN type 23244)

Chersonesos Taurike, Tiberius, stater — Parthenos advancing right (CN type 21901)

Magnesia ad Maeandrum, bronze coin — Cult statue of Artemis Leucophryene with polos (CN type 22979)

Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Nero, bronze coin — Façade of a tetrastyle temple on crepidoma with window in (CN type 22980)

Nikaia, Macrianus I., bronze coin — Two torches (CN type 12864)

Nikaia, Valerian I., bronze coin — Two torches (CN type 12929)

Nikomedia, Britannicus, bronze coin — Capricorn on an arch facing right (CN type 24550)

Nikomedia, Domitian, bronze coin — Demeter (CN type 24009)

Olbia, bronze coin — Eagle standing left on thunderbolt (CN type 23771)

Olbia, Caracalla, bronze coin — Nude warrior with helmet standing left (CN type 23788)

Olbia, Caracalla, bronze coin — Zeus enthroned right (CN type 23786)

Olbia, Septimius Severus, bronze coin — Warrior standing to the right (CN type 23792)

Olbia, Septimius Severus, bronze coin — Zeus enthroned right (CN type 23783)

Olbia, Severus Alexander, bronze coin — Eagle standing facing (CN type 23797)

Olbia, Severus Alexander, bronze coin — Tyche standing left (CN type 23801)

Olbia, Severus Alexander, bronze coin — Zeus enthroned right (CN type 23800)

Smyrna, Gordian III., 4 unit — Amazon of Smyrna and Tyche of Perinthus (CN type 3411)

Tyras, Antoninus Pius, bronze coin — Athena standing facing (CN type 23890)

Tyras, Antoninus Pius, bronze coin — Nude Heracles standing facing (CN type 23889)

Tyras, Caracalla, bronze coin — Cybele enthroned left (CN type 23898)

Tyras, Caracalla, bronze coin — Dionysus standing left (CN type 23895)

Tyras, Caracalla, bronze coin — Dionysus standing left (CN type 23896)

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