Ancient Coins: Reading Roman Coins

Welcome back! Roman emperors had on their coins one of the most powerful vectors of propaganda in the ancient world, and they used it to their full extent. Lets explore together how to read the legends, abbreviations and images depicted on roman coins and decipher what messages they wanted to pass.

As mentioned on the video, here is a series of links with the most common abbreviations, so you can translate the messages on your coins as well:

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Of course, if you have any particular questions, drop a comment so we can discuss it

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[benjaminthegamer_]

Best video I've seen on history and numismatics!

[oliversteed]

I love the format of breaking down coins into a concise message and providing the history behind them, please more

[mikefisher]

Another great video. Thanks again. Mike

[regencyrose]

I've just discovered your channel, and for me it's a game changer. The way you present the information is so easy to follow; if only my history teacher had done the same!

[Guitarfanatix]

Wow this is amazing and very informative! Gonna try to find the story for all my ancient coins now! ^_^

[ahernandez]

Great video. Only one suggestion: lower volume of background music, at times it was hard to understand. Thanks!

[VMHenning]

Great channel! I really appreciate both the information and the presentation.

[jimjim]

Dude your videos are fantastic. You have a beautiful collection. Thanks again for all of the info.

[thepharaohnerd]

This was an extraordinarily helpful video, thank you!
Can I ask where you bought the coin tray featured in the video? Also, how do you generally store your coin collection?

[irisgem]

Fantastic! Can you do one on reading ancient Greek legends?

[druzhynets]

Beautiful! I hope there is going to be a video about different mints and officinae :)

[rodfleck]

A great video. So glad to have found your channel!!

[markp]

For beginners who don't know, it would have been good to explain the mintmark, at least very briefly. Great video!!!!