Common roman coins battle scene3/17/2023 In the 300s the Romans had up to sixteen large active mints simultaneously. Scholars are convinced that the output of coins each year under the late empire was many times that large. That's just one year and does not count the large output from the many Greek mints operating that year. The conclusion is the output of Roman Republican denarii in 82 BC was on the order of 30 million coins. For example, one issue of Roman Republican silver denarii from 82 BC is particularly easy to study because the dies were engraved with consecutive Roman numerals from 1 to 419 (Over 3200 extant examples of that one issue have been photographed and studied). There are many scholarly articles that discuss ancient-coin production. Hoards are often found in the middle of nowhere-not pre-exisiting archaeological sites.Īre you saying there were a lot of coins produced in ancient times? Next is the "Frome Hoard" found in England in 2010 in the middle of nowhere (not a previously known archaeological site) by a metal detectorist. Workmen were doing routine work on water lines under a street when they stumbled across 80,000 Roman coins. Nineteen amphora full of coins found in 2016 in Sevilla, Spain. Museums get first pick (and pay market value in England, but not other countries), but most finds are duplicates of types already in the museums, so the coins go on the market. If you were a collector in England, you would see ancient coins for sale in every coin shop because they find them in the ground-sometime in hoards of thousands together. If you live in the United States it is hard to realize how common it is to dig up really old archeological artifacts in England, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Tunisia, Libya and other a dozen other countries where ancient coins are found. There can't be many around-aren't they all in museums?Īctually, there are many around. Ancient Roman and Greek Coins, page 2 ( return to page 1)
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