History is not merely recorded, it is also minted. Augustus inaugurated the Roman empire and made the aureus the standard gold coin of his principate, and however devalued it may have become over the centuries, it remained as such until Constantine introduced the solidus, and with it the Byzantine empire. The coins which have figured so prominently in documenting the history of Rome are the coins which figure so prominently in this exhibition and its catalogue.

FURTHER READING

Carson, R.A.G., Coins of the Roman Empire. London and New York, 1990.

Crawford, M.H., Coinage and Money under the Roman Republic: Italy and the Mediterranean Economy. Berkeley, 1985.

______________, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 vols. Cambridge, 1974.

Foss, C., Roman Historical Coins. London, 1990.

Kent, J.P.C., Roman Coins. New York, 1978.

Kleiner, D.E.E., Roman Sculpture. New Haven, 1992.

Mattingly, H., Roman Coins from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire, 2nd ed. Chicago, 1960.


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