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I want to return to something that at I've posted about before and that is what the Romans actually called their coins...

  One feature of he Moneta Imperii Romani (MIR) volume that covers Gallienus is the tabular catalogue arrangement...

  Sometimes the seemingly most mundane coins can give you a door into the history of the time. Indeed, when professor Grierson was asked abo...

Last year I managed to acquire an example of a coin that had been on my “bucket list” for many years. The coin in question is variously desc...

Tetricus I, SALVS AVG, RIC 121, AGK 19 a Anyone who follows Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC) for the antoninianus coinage of the Gallic Empire w...

Visited Scarborough the other day. Sad to see the Luna Park funfair site empty, but hopefully it is only temporary. Apparently the Tuby fami...

  The latter half of the third century saw the number of Roman mints beginning to expand, and, at the same time, the number of mints strikin...