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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KENOM virtual coin cabinet
ancient coins
RIC X Zeno (West) 3626
AD 476–AD 491
Solidus in gold struck at Ravenna under Zeno, AD 476–AD 491, catalogued as RIC X Zeno (West) 3626. Obverse: Bust of Zeno, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing front, holding spear in right hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on left arm. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing left, support…
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The British Museum — photograph sourced via the American Numismatic Society OCRE type corpus
ancient coins
RIC X Zeno (West) 3653
AD 476–AD 491
Solidus in gold struck at Rome under Zeno, AD 476–AD 491, catalogued as RIC X Zeno (West) 3653. Obverse: Bust of Zeno, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing front, holding spear in right hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on left arm. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing left, supporting…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC X Odoacar 3501
AD 477
Half siliqua in silver struck at Ravenna under Odoacer, AD 477, catalogued as RIC X Odoacar 3501. Obverse: Bust of Odoacar, bareheaded, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Odoacar monogram within a wreath. Obverse legend: FL OD-OVAC.
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC X Odoacar 3502
AD 477
RIC X Odoacar 3502 is an AE4 coin associated with the Roman Empire. The obverse depicts a bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Odoacar facing right, accompanied by the legend "ODO-VAC". The reverse design features an Odoacar monogram enclosed within a wreath. data. This piece is made of struck bronze and dates…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC X Zeno (West) 3610
This object is a tremissis coin belonging to the Roman Empire entity, classified under the title RIC X Zeno (West) 3610. The obverse design presents a right-facing bust of Zeno that is pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed, accompanied by the inscription "D N ZENO - PERP AVG". The reverse design shows a cross set wi…
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