This coin, issued by Marc Antony after abandoning Rome to rule in Egypt with Cleopatra, was struck to pay for the legions that accompanied him. He issued similar coins for each legion. This particular ...
This Roman silver denarius coin was one of 5294 British Iron Age and Roman coins excavated at a Late Iron Age shrine near Hallaton, Leicestershire. It has been dated to c. 211 BC, making it ...
Each of the 16 coins is a denarius — the standard Roman coin — and Marsden estimates that the entire horde would have been worth the equivalent of a few hundred dollars at the time.