Ancient Coins: Roman Mints Ep.1

The Romans were among one of the most monetized societies of the ancient world. They had coins for everything: From small pocket change to buy your daily bread to gold coins worth months of salary for a skilled labourer. Such a reliance on coins meant a substantial networks of mints were established, producing coins in industrial quantities.

Today, lets explore some of these important mints, and look at some examples from each mint.

If you like this video, please leave a like and consider subscribing for more ancient coinage content! :)

-----------
Want to help this channel grow? Here are affiliate links to some of my recommended books on ancient coins. By purchasing from this link, a small percentage of each purchase is directed to us. Thank you!

Recommended Literature:

----- music credit -----

Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

[brainkill]

Amazing we are able to see and learn about these incredible artifacts from the comfort of our own home. Thank you for sharing!

[zekenitron]

This is one of the best coin channels on youtube, bravo!

[amauldin]

This is a particularly helpful video for those just starting out collecting coins of the Roman Empire. Speaking for myself, when I began collecting I just assumed Roman coins were all minted in Rome, or at least the Italian peninsula. I'd never heard of places like Antioch or Lugdunum. But through coins minted in such far-flung cities that might not even exist anymore, a collector is able to travel throughout the empire and pick up little pieces of their specific cultural contributions to the empire.

[davemarks]

Another very well done video. You are very good at this.

[TheIslanderFarmer]

one of the most interesting if not the best numistmatic YT channel. ..greetings from italy!

[juanosorno]

Great video. I am just starting to collect gold roman coins and this video helped me learn a lot in just a few minutes. Thank you!! You have earned another follower!

[frazz]

Very interesting and in-depth video. Keep going 👏!

[flintheadofTN]

Alexandria is my favorite Provincial mint. No other mint has such varied reverses nor showcases the local culture better, except Rome of course.

[skuul]

Very informative video! I really prefer coins from the Trier and Lugdunum mints, they usually have a higher quality than similar coins from other mints. Also, 'rare' mints are nice to collect, these are Roman mints which operated only for a couple of years: Carthage, Tripolis, Serdica, Viminacium, Ostia, Camulodunum and Amiens

[christopherevans]

If you're looking for good silver content in a mid-late 3rd century coin, the eastern mints are usually bigger and have respectable silver. Some of Gallienus best silver coins are from eastern mints like Antioch and Samosata

[q.valerius]

Really great video once again. I am looking forward to your presentation on the Lugdunum mint. The bulk of my collection has been minted in Rome, but I have 2 particularly beautiful coins minted in Lugdunum, a denarius of Augustus and a dupondius of Nero.

[flaccidvs]

I am very interested in the way the dyes were made to strike the coins, as well as finding the procedure the mints were taking to strike all these beauties!
Excellent video, as always!

[crkcrk]

Another great video. Keep up the good work.

[tavuzzipust]

When it comes to late imperial mints, Aquileia, opened by Maximian in 294 and destroyed by the Huns in 437, is fascinating.

[miriamkellner]

I am so happy with these. As a antiquity department volunteer you are really helping my understanding. May I ask what is your background?

[SgtRoadkill]

The mint at London was operating since 287 thanks to Carausius, seemed odd to omit that point when you mentioned Trier and Probus (although that is a whole other mess considering the arguments around which coins are actually Trier and which are Lyon).

Gotta love C-Mint of Carausius and how much people argue for its location.

[rubeniskoning]

Love your channel!!! So much history lessons fed though the world of coinage.... I have a question, do you also collect the (I don't know what they are called) thing they used to make /mint the coins? Those I supposedly are even more rare.. And if so, how has the one used to met de Athena Owl?

[uugreg]

BRAVO, but please make a video on Roman Egypt coins in ALEXANDRIA and on the coins of Alexander the Great stuck in Egypt

[francoisd]

Does this channel have a video on how metals were found, extracted, and prepared for minting?

[Mdp]

Awesome videos, keep up the good work. A couple of points (although I am not an expert), I don’t believe Aequitas and her scales were ever symbolised to weigh coins, rather they weighed justice, fairness and equality. Also, the debasement of the Tetradrachm from Alexandria was initiated during the sole rule of Gallienus in 259/260… a couple of hundred years after Nero. Loving your videos, subscribed and looking forward to the next one